Gavin Grant was cleared in 2007 of a shooting murder A professional footballer who shot dead a man on a north-west London housing estate has been jailed for life.
Former Millwall striker Gavin Grant was found guilty at the Old Bailey on Friday of murdering Leon Labastide, 21, in Harlesden in 2004.
Jurors heard Grant, 26 and from Kenton, north London, was involved in a series of "tit-for-tat" shootings on the Stonebridge Park Estate.
The judge at the Old Bailey said Grant must serve a minimum term of 25 years.
Gareth Downie, 25, and Damian Williams, 32, were also jailed for life and given 25-year minimum terms over the killing.
Downie, from Markby Road, Birmingham, was found guilty of Mr Labastide's murder and Williams, from Tower Bridge Road in Southwark, was convicted of conspiring to murder him.
In 2007 Grant was cleared of killing Jahmall Moore, 22, who was targeted by three gunmen two years earlier.
But he was charged with Mr Labastide's murder when new witnesses came forward.
During his career Grant also played for Bradford City and Wycombe Wanderers.
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