A 21-year-old gunman was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in prison following a gang-related shooting in a west end parking lot.Chief Justice Richard Ground told Marico Bassett innocent bystanders could easily have been hit by a stray bullet as he repeatedly fired at his friend’s father Randy Lightbourne outside the Charing Cross Tavern in Sandys last July.Bassett was sentenced to 15 years for the attempted murder of Mr Lightbourne, and ten years, to run consecutively, for use of a firearm. He received a further 12-year sentence, to run concurrently, for unlawful possession of ammunition.Mr Justice Ground told him he must serve half the 25 years before becoming eligible for parole.The victim suffered seven gunshot wounds and spent months in hospital following the shooting, which Bassett carried out after arriving at the scene on a motorbike.At a trial last month, a jury heard Bassett, a former junior cricket star for Somerset, is a member of the Money Over Bitches gang; Mr Lightbourne was said to be a perceived threat to that gang.During yesterday’s hearing, Crown counsel Susan Mulligan described Bassett as a soldier of the gang, attempting to carrying out the task of killing Mr Lightbourne with great gusto.Bassett had denied the offences, and his lawyer Marc Daniels yesterday said he maintained his innocence. Bassett remained visibly unmoved throughout the sentencing.Mr Justice Ground noted the offender showed no remorse and had previously committed drug offences.“About the only thing that can be said in your favour is your age,” said the judge.“These were really serious offences. I accept the prosecution’s case that this was a planned gang execution.”Remarking that other people could have been injured in the broad daylight incident, he added: “It’s hard to put into the words the havoc, panic and sheer human misery that gang violence causes.”Before sentencing, the court heard about Bassett’s criminal record. He was convicted of possession of cocaine and cannabis without intent to supply in 2010; possession of cocaine earlier this year; and attempting to pervert the course of justice in 2007, when he gave police his friend’s name after being caught riding a motorcycle while underage.He was also before the courts following an incident in 2008, when he and two other young men pleaded not guilty to a machete attack at Flatts Village Barbershop which left Rashid Ebbin, 26, with cuts to his head and body.During a hearing into that matter last year, the Crown asked for Bassett’s matters to lie on file and not be proceeded with after co-accused Earl Ingemann was killed in a car crash.No mention was made of the machete incident yesterday, but Ms Mulligan stressed Bassett’s willingness to carry out violent instructions on behalf of MOB gang leaders rendered him a dangerous individual.“This was an execution,” she told the court. “The only reason it didn’t come to fruition was Mr Lightbourne’s quick-thinking to protect himself and the work of the medical staff.“If Mr Bassett had his way, Mr Lightbourne would not have been able to testify on the two occasions that he has.”On his MOB involvement, the prosecutor said: “Mr Bassett wasn’t the leader of the gang, Mr Bassett was a soldier. But Mr Bassett carried out his task with great gusto. He was dedicated to the task of killing.“If Mr Bassett was so easily led and so morally bankrupt that he would go out and attempt to kill this man, then he’s a danger to the community.”The gun used to shoot Mr Lightbourne has also been linked to the murder of Dekimo (Purple) Martin in May 2010 and the murder of Colford Ferguson in February this year. Police say it belongs to MOB and has never been recovered.Bassett first faced trial for the shooting in March, being found guilty of possessing two bullets which were made by the same manufacturer as shell cases found at the scene.That jury failed to reach a verdict on charges of attempted murder and gun possession, so a retrial took place on those charges last month, at which he was found guilty.