‘Something not right’ day before woman shot dead

“Something wasn’t right” in a flat on the day before a woman was shot dead after answering the door, a jury has heard.

Joanne Penney, 40, died after being shot in Talbot Green, Rhondda Cynon Taf, on Sunday 9 March.

Cardiff Crown Court has already heard Ms Penney was killed as a result of a turf war between two rival gangs dealing drugs in south Wales.

One man has admitted murder, three men and two women deny murder, with four of them also accused of taking part in an organised crime group.

Rhian Bosley-Jones told police that the flat belonged to Katie Summers, a drug user who had “had people in there selling”. When she visited the day before the shooting, she noticed Ms Summers was “on pins”.

Ms Bosley-Jones said that Ms Penney’s shooting was “nothing to do with Joanne” but was “all to do with what happened a couple of days prior”.

She said when she visited the flat in Llys Illtyd on 8 March, Ms Summers had kept her out of the living room and made her stay in the kitchen.

“She was on pins that morning. Normally, we’d go into the living room but she made sure that door was shut,” the trial was told.

She said “Katie didn’t seem Katie that day”, adding: “She couldn’t wait to get me out of there, I knew something wasn’t right with Katie”.

At the time of the shooting the following day, Ms Bosley-Jones said Katie Summers was in her flat when her brother Shaun Summers called her.

She said Ms Summers ignored the call but her own phone started ringing.

Shaun Summers asked Ms Bosley-Jones to come over because Joanne Penney had been shot and he wanted her to do CPR.

Ms Bosley-Jones said that when she arrived at Llys Illtyd, an armed response team was arriving.

She said that guns were pointing at her, adding that “this is TV stuff”.

In the video, Ms Bosley-Jones said Katie Summers arrived shortly after her and, when asked what was going on, Ms Summers said: “I think this is something to do with some other boys and Jimmy.”

The jury has previously been told that an organised crime gang operating in the area, headed by Daniel “Jimmy” Joseph, had clashed with the “Rico” organised crime group, which the prosecution says is headed by Joshua Gordon, from Leicestershire.

Earlier, the jury was shown a video interview with Jade Williams, who was in the flat at 10 Llys Illtyd when the shooting took place.

The interview with police was recorded in the early hours of the morning following the shooting.

Ms Williams said two knocks were heard on the front door of the flats and that Joanne Penney had gone to answer the door.

When she re-emerged a short while later, Ms Williams said Ms Penney told those in the flat “I’ve been shot”.

She said she had her hands crossed over her chest and she “flaked out” on Suzanne Day who was also in the flat.

Ms Williams said “she must have died on Suzanne”.

Jade Williams said she went downstairs to the front door, which was ajar, to close and lock it before calling 999.

Ms Williams said Ms Penney was not bleeding badly but she could see a gunshot wound in her chest when she was lying on the floor.

She said: “I noticed a little blood on the settee, then you could see the gun wound on her chest, through her breast.”

The court heard that the 999 call operator asked for someone to carry out CPR but none of them could do it, although Susanne Day made an initial attempt.

Ms Williams said she did not hear a gunshot and there had been no contact with anyone else outside the flat that day.

She said she was not aware that anyone in the flat had a dispute with anyone else.

Jade Williams added that she “wasn’t sure” if there was any sort of relationship between Shaun Summers, who lived in the flat, and Joanne Penney.

She said Ms Penney had only been staying in the flat for a short period of time and had been sharing a room with Shaun and that they had “been getting close”.

Marcus Huntley, 21, of St Mellons, Cardiff, has admitted murder, while Jordan Mills Smith, 33, from Cardiff, has denied murder.

Joshua Gordon, 27, Melissa Quailey-Dashper, 40, Kristina Ginova, 21, and Tony Porter, 68, from Leicester also denied murder and participating in the activities of an organised crime gang.

The trial continues.