Three men found guilty of murdering Connor Brookes in Walsall drive-by shooting
Three men have been found guilty of murdering Connor Brookes after a six week trial.
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The jury returned guilty verdicts across the board for all the charges laid before them concerning the murder of 20-year-old Connor Brookes on July 8 last year,
Byron Sellick, 20, Jake Sanbrook, aged 23, and Julian Falconer, 20, were all in the Ford Focus when the drive-by shooting happened on Well Lane, Blakenall.
Sellick, Sanbrook and Falconer were found guilty of murder, attempted murder and possession of a firearm.
Samuel Danks-Petty, 20, of Buildwas Close, Mossley, was found guilty of intent to pervert the course of justice after helping organise and cover up the murder.
During the trial the court heard Connor Brookes was shot in retaliation for the death of Bailey Atkinson who was murdered in Walsall town centre.
One of the men guilty of his murder was Connor's brother Patrick. The court heard the four friends hatched the revenge shooting after seeing the footage of Bailey being murdered on social media and drove around looking for Connor until they spotted his van.
Connor's friends and family maintain he had nothing to do with gangs or crime and was an innocent victim in the tit-for-tat attacks.
Falconer, of Wyrley Close, New Invention, Willenhall; Sanbrook, of Fisher Road, Mossley, Bloxwich and Sellick, of no fixed abode, and Danks-Petty will be sentenced on May 30.
Justice Michael Chambers KC remanded the defendants in custody and told them to expect a lengthy prison term.
He thanked the jury for their public service and completing the trial which overran due to some of the defendants choosing to give evidence.
