£20,000 reward offered to help solve murder of cafe owner in Enfield

On August 23 2017, Cafar Aslan was found collapsed in Westminster Road, near Edmonton Green, suffering from gunshot wounds.

He was pronounced dead at 9.44pm that evening.

Detectives at the Metropolitan Police made two arrests the following day but they were both released with no further action.

To this day, no one has been convicted of the murder of Mr Aslan, a man of Turkish origin, from Enfield.

Two years later, Detective Inspector Tony Kirk is reaching out to the public to help solve the case.

The Met has released CCTV images of a man they would like to identify and an image of a silver Audi which investigating officers believe was involved in the murder.

A male captured on CCTV carrying petrol cans. Police would like to speak to identify this man. Credit: Met Police

Det Insp Kirk said: "Despite the passing of time, we continue to appeal for information to identify, apprehend and convict those responsible for the shots that ended Mr Aslan’s life.

“We are releasing an image of a person seen in the area at the time of the shooting that we are very keen to identify.

“We have also released a CCTV image of the vehicle used by the suspect, a Grey Audi Q5, registered in 2015.

“We believe that the car was stolen in Sussex several months before the shooting and was stored somewhere until it was used in the murder.

"It was displaying stolen number plates linking it to South East London. It was burnt out just forty minutes after the shooting in the Forty Hill area."

This grey Audi Q5, captured on CCTV, was found burnt out later that evening. Police believe it was involved in Mr Aslan's murder. Credit: Met Police

A stock image of the Audi Q5 police are keen to find more information about

He added: “With that in mind, we are offering a police reward to anyone who provides information that leads to the conviction of the person or persons responsible for murdering Cafar Aslan in the amount of £20,000.

"I hope that two years having gone by, will give someone the confidence to now come forward.

“If you know who the killers are, have information that could lead to their identification or can assist in identifying the person in the image please make the call – help us remove a dangerous, violent individual from the community.

"I urge anyone who believes they might have information to come forward, no matter how insignificant it may seem, what you know could prove vital for our investigation."

Cafar Aslan

Detectives retain an open mind regarding the motive for the fatal shooting.

Any witnesses, or anyone with any information, can contact the incident room on 020 8345 3985, on 101 or Tweet @MetCC.

To give information anonymously call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 or visit crimestoppers-uk.org.