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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/pub-killer-jailed-for-37-years.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Gunman Saturday Hassan was jailed for 37 years after a fatal shooting at a Croydon pub" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-pub-killer-jailed-for-37-years.jpg" alt="Gunman Saturday Hassan was jailed for 37 years after a fatal shooting at a Croydon pub"/></a></p>
<p>A gunman has been jailed for a minimum of 37 years and given three life sentences for shooting two brothers in the head in front of their publican father.</p>
<p>One son died while the other made a &#8220;miraculous&#8221; recovery despite still having three bullets in his head.</p>
<p>Saturday Hassan launched his attack after being thrown out of the family&#8217;s Newton Arms pub in Croydon, south London, during a party to celebrate the New Year.</p>
<p>He returned with a gun and shot brothers Darren and Junior Deslandes, who were helping father Wintworth, 58, in &#8220;10 seconds of devastation&#8221;, the Old Bailey heard.</p>
<p>Hassan, 30, of Sydenham, south London, was found guilty on Thursday of murder and attempted murder on January 1, and a firearms charge, on majority verdicts. He was cleared of a further charge of attempting to murder the brothers&#8217; father.</p>
<p>Judge David Paget told Hassan he devastated the Deslandes family, physically, mentally and financially, when he fired eight bullets at the two men. He said Hassan produced the semi-automatic pistol from his waistband and opened fire on the brothers as they tried to disarm him for the safety of people in the pub. &#8220;It was brave and right of them to do so,&#8221; said the judge.</p>
<p>The brothers were shot in front of their mother, father and younger brother. Three bullets were still lodged in Junior&#8217;s head because it was too dangerous to remove them. He would be affected all his life and may never work again.</p>
<p>Builder Hassan had been a man of good character but was attracted by the gangster lifestyle, driving a BMW 4&#215;4 car and having a gun. Judge Paget said: &#8220;That car and that gun are the trappings of a gangster. You have no convictions but you appear to be someone who admires that style of life.&#8221;</p>
<p>Hassan fired three bullets into housing officer Darren, 34, killing him with one which went into his brain. Junior, a 26-year-old estate agent, was shot at five times, with one of the .32 bullets remaining in his skull and two embedded near his jaw after passing through his shoulder. </p>
<p>Edward Brown QC, prosecuting, said two others brushed past his head leaving scars. He had missed death by a fraction when he moved his head, and despite still receiving treatment he came to court to help convict his brother&#8217;s killer.</p>
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