A teenager faces a life sentence after a boy was brutally murdered in the street during a tit-for-tat feud in Salford.
Dillon Saunders, 19, deliberately knocked over 17-year-old Josiah Norman as he was being attacked with weapons.
Kellan Gummery, 18, Mickel Liburd, 18, and Kaylan Crankshaw, 28, have already admitted murder and also face life terms.
Wearing a white shirt and black tie, and with thick curly hair and a thin moustache, teenager Saunders sipped on a bottle of water in the dock as he waited for the verdict at 3.15pm on Friday (November 5).
Having deliberated for just two hours either side of lunch at Manchester Crown Court, the jury reached a unanimous verdict of guilty for the charge of murder.
Prosecutors said Saunders played a 'central' role in the killing.
He was caught out by the Gucci baseball cap he was seen wearing while driving the Mini, a car being driven on false plates.
Saunders, who does not have a driving licence, was later observed by police wearing the same cap.
He denied being the driver and claimed to be with a friend at the time of the shocking killing.
The four men will be sentenced together in the next month, with a date yet to be confirmed.
Weeks before the murder, police were called to a shooting at the Gummery family home in Salford.
Josiah, a trainee electrician, was arrested in connection with the incident but was 'eliminated' from the police's enquiries.
He was walking along Peveril Road with a friend at about 8pm on April 21, when he was spotted by his attackers, who were out for revenge.
In a matter of seconds, he was struck down, hit by a car and stabbed to death.
Liburd and Gummery were in a white Fiat 500, with Saunders and Crankshaw following in a blue Mini.
Both cars made an abrupt manoeuvre after spotting Josiah.
Armed with a machete, Liburd was joined by Gummery as they attacked Josiah.
He was able to get to his feet, but Saunders drove at Josiah and knocked him to the ground, with the appalling attack continuing.
Then Crankshaw, also armed, got out of the Mini and joined in.
Josiah's friend ran back to his house and returned with a knife, in a desperate bid to protect his friend.
Crankshaw and Liburd were both injured during the fatal attack.
The four attackers fled, and the Fiat and Mini were both found burnt out in Ordsall in the early hours of the following morning, after being set on fire.
After the killing, Liburd and Crankshaw returned to Saunders' house.
Liburd was taken to hospital after being stabbed, and Saunders put Liburd's blood soaked jacket in a wheelie bin.
After jurors delivered their verdict, Judge Nicholas Dean QC told Saunders: "You can hardly be surprised by the jury's verdict.
"You know the strength of the evidence that you faced."
It was a murder that sent shock waves throughout the community in Salford.
Tributes flooded in and a fundraising page was set up which has raised almost £5,000 to give him the 'send off he deserves'.
At the time a friend of his told the Manchester Evening News : "Josiah was a well known person, everyone enjoyed his company.
"He was always a laugh to be around.
"He used to always mess with his afro and always wore a cap."
A tribute written on the fundraising page read: "He was such a happy young innocent man who didn't deserve any of what has happened to him.
"He had so much life ahead of him, he's life had only just started. We are looking to give him the send off he deserves. Rest in peace Josiah."
A heartfelt message left at the scene of the killing added: "RIP Jo, one of the nicest people I’ve ever known. You will never be forgotten."
Liburd, of Barff Road, Salford; Crankshaw, of Dauntsey Avenue, Salford; and Gummery, of Bridson Street, Salford, admitted murder.
Saunders, of Stowell Street, Salford, was found guilty of murder after a trial.
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