Woman, 21, becomes sixth person charged with murder of mother-of-four, 40, who was gunned down on her doorstep in 'case of mistaken identity'

Daily Mail​

27-06-2025

A 21-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of a mother-of-four killed in a suspected mistaken identity murder as she answered the door.
Former shop worker Joanne Penney, 40, was killed on a doorstep when she was shot in the chest by an alleged crime gang in Talbot Green, south Wales.
Kristina Ginova, 21, has now been charged with murder after being arrested for allegedly assisting an offender.
Four men and one woman have previously been accused of Ms Penney's murder after the doorstep killing in a quiet village.
Ginova was due to appear at Cardiff Crown Court but refused to attend the hearing.
An inquest was told Ms Penney was shot in the left side of her chest and suffered wounds to her heart and lung as she opened the door to a friend's flat.
Coroner's officer Beverly Morgan said police were called to 'a reported shooting' where the victim was staying on March 9 at about 6.10pm this year.
She said: 'On arrival of emergency services they found Joanne Penney lying on her back unresponsive in the living room area - she had sustained a gunshot wound to the chest.
'Despite efforts of emergency services in attendance she was later pronounced deceased.'
Ms Morgan said Ms Penney, of no fixed abode, was identified by her family and a post mortem examination was carried out by Dr Richard Jones at the Princess of Wales Hospital in Bridgend.
She said the pathologist gave a provisional cause of death as a 'gunshot wound to the left chest involving the heart and left lung'.
South Wales central coroner Graeme Hughes said: 'I have sufficient reason to suspect Miss Penney's death was due to violence - those circumstances clearly satisfy me so.'
He said he was 'cognisant individuals have been arrested and charged' and an inquest would continue after police investigations had been completed.
Mr Hughes added: 'While those investigations are ongoing by South Wales Police and the Crown Prosecution Service, I want to pass on my own condolences to Miss Penney's family and friends.'
The hearing at Pontypridd Coroner's Court was adjourned to a date to be fixed.
Detectives have said they are investigating the 'possibility' that Ms Penney was 'the victim of mistaken identity.'
Those accused of Ms Penney's murder are Tony Porter, 68, 27-year-old Joshua Gordon, Marcus Huntley, 20, Melissa Quailey-Dashper and Jordan Mills-Smith.
Porter is also accused of participating in the criminal activities of an organised crime group.
Porter, Gordon, Quailey-Dashper and Ginover are all from the Leicestershire area while Mills-Smith and Huntley are from Cardiff.
Sai Raj Manne, 25, of no fixed abode, is charged with participating in the activities of an organised crime group.
Molly Cooper, 33, from Leicester, has been charged with participating in the activities of an organised crime group and acquiring ammunition for a firearm without a certificate.
Police previously asked for witnesses to come forward to help with what they described as a 'complex' investigation into Ms Penney's death.
A provisional trial date for all eight defendants has been set for October 20 and is expected to last between six and eight weeks.