15-YEAR-OLD schoolboy blasted a mum to death with a sawn-off shotgun for just s200 - in what shocked detectives called a "casual, cool" contract hit.
Santre Gayle, known by the street name "Riot", shot 26-year-old Gulistan Subasi in the chest on her own doorstep.
CCTV recorded the "hitboy" calmly walking up to Gulistan's flat in Hackney, London, pulling the weapon from his rucksack and opening fire before fleeing.
When detectives saw the footage, they believed they were dealing with a pro.
DI Andy Charmers, who led the investigation, said: "It's very casual, very cool - it's frightening."
Police found Gulistan's mum cradling her daughter in the hallway of the flat.
The prosecution had claimed that Gayle was hired by Gulistan's former husband because he feared she was planning to kidnap their son and take him to Turkey.
Gayle expected s2000 but only got s200 reporters@dailyrecord.co.uk for the murder. But detectives believe he was more interested in making a name for himself in London street gang Kensal Green Boys.
Gayle was caught after boasting about the hit to another youth.
Di Charmers said: "He was a bit of a wannabe. One motive is money, but it could be the need to impress the older men."
After a two-month trial, an Old Bailey jury convicted Gayle, now 16, and Izak Billy, 21, of murdering Gulistan - who leaves behind a six-year-old son.
Billy, a cannabis dealer known as "Ice", had recruited Gayle because he had no links to the victim or the Turkish community.
Gulistan's ex-husband Serdar Ozbek, 28, and alleged middlemen Leigh Bryan, 25, and Paul Nicoloau, 29, were all cleared.
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