Man shot outside family's restaurant 'after refusing to pay Turkish gang £100k'

A man was shot outside his father's top Turkish restaurant after they refused to hand over £100,000 to a north London gang, a court heard.

Beytullah Gunduz, 39, an alleged member of the Hackney Turks, also known as the Bombacilar - the Turkish for bombers - is accused of plotting to kill Onur Guzel, 38, after accusing his family of paying money to rivals the Tottenham Turks

Prosecutor Jane Bickerstaff KC said Gunduz and his associates demanded the "eye-watering" sum weeks before Mr Guzel was hit with a single bullet outside Umut 2000, in Dalston, east London, on 20 June last year.

The victim can be heard loudly screaming in CCTV footage as he slumped on the pavement. He survived the shooting but suffered serious injuries and now lives with a stoma bag.

Gunduz is on trial at the Old Bailey, where he denies conspiracy to murder and an alternative count of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm.

The court heard the gunman, Dogan Over, who is seen firing out of the passenger window of a white Kia Niro in the footage, is not on trial because he has fled to Istanbul, while the car was set on fire minutes after the shooting.

Prosecutor Jane Bickerstaff KC said there had been two previous shootings linked to Mr Guzel's family and their restaurant - which has been recommended by top chefs and appeared in a New York Times list of the top 25 dishes to eat in London.

Gunduz and an associate are said to have blamed the first shooting at Mr Guzel's brother's home on 5 April 2025 on the Tottenham Turks and asked what they could do to help.

They then accused Mr Guzel's father of giving money to the gang around the day of a second shooting at the restaurant on 7 April, the jury was told.

"His father denied giving money but the people he was speaking to didn't seem to believe him," Ms Bickerstaff said.

"They said that the Tottenham group were their enemy and gave his father a week to give them £100,000."

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Mr Guzel said he saw Gunduz earlier on the day he was shot, but did not see who opened fire while he was speaking to his wife on the phone during a break from working at the restaurant.

"He did not see anyone point a gun at him and fire it. He just heard a loud bang and immediately felt heat. He knew it was blood and worked out that he had been shot. He can be heard loudly screaming on the CCTV," said the prosecutor.

"That shot went directly into his torso. He survived his injuries, although he suffers serious, lasting effects."

The trial continues.

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