A drug dealer who shot a former friend in the head has failed to get his jail term cut, despite telling judges his victim later killed his baby daughter in revenge.

Rilwan Bankole, 32, shot Richard Kwakye in the head as he sat in the passenger seat of a car in Peckham in 2003, after the pair fell out about missing drugs and guns.

Kwakye was saved by emergency surgery and later killed Bankole's 19-month-old daughter Siariah Letang, in an arson attack in Camberwell in 2010.

He was jailed for life for the attack and was ordered to serve a minimum of 35 years.

Bankole of Moffat Road, Thornton Heath, was jailed for 28 years last September after being convicted of attempted murder at the Old Bailey.

On Friday, Bankole asked Lord Justice Richards, Mr Justice Mackay and Mr Justice Wilkie, sitting at London's Criminal Appeal Court, to reduce his sentence in light of his loss.

The court heard Bankole shot Kwakye because he blamed him for a burglary in which he lost a kilo of heroin, two handguns and an AK-47 assault rifle.

His lawyers asked for mercy given the actions of his victim had later caused the death of his daughter and severely injured his partner.

They argued the sentence of 28 years was "manifestly excessive" and the judge at the Old Bailey has "failed to make allowance for his personal tragedy."

But Lord Justice Richards refused his application for permission to appeal, saying: "He decided to take revenge, and to that purpose decided to kill his victim.

"This sentence was obviously severe, but was not manifestly excessive."