A young man has been convicted of stabbing a "devoted" father to death after a car chase.
Zion Chiata, 20, killed Gavin Garraway, 40, in public in Clapham, south London, on the afternoon of March 29 last year.
Mr Garraway, described as a "devoted" father who had no gang links, was pursued by Chiata and two others who had spotted him driving his VW Golf with his brother, who was associated with a rival gang, the Old Bailey trial heard.
During the chase, the Golf crashed into a traffic light post and came to a halt, making Mr Garraway a “sitting duck”, the trial heard.
CCTV then shows Chiata “unsheathing a large knife tucked into his waistband, and lunging three times at Gavin Garraway through the open window”, prosecutor Jonathan Rees QC previously told jurors.
After less than 10 seconds, the attackers ran off, leaving Mr Garraway bleeding from three stab wounds.
Chiata, who attended by videolink from HMP Belmarsh, was convicted of murder by a jury at the Old Bailey on Monday after less than four hours of deliberations.
Another man, Tishaun Panton, 22, from Lambeth, was convicted of the manslaughter of Mr Garraway at the end of last year.
Mr Rees said the “spontaneous outbreak of violence” was rooted in the “bitter rivalry between two neighbouring Lambeth gangs: the Claptown gang (‘CT’), based around Clapham High Road, and the ‘67’ gang, based around Brixton Hill.”
The court heard Mr Garraway’s younger brother, Melique Garraway, 23, aka ‘Liquez, was a well known drill artist with the 67 gang.
Chiata, from Lambeth, was associated with the rival Claptown gang, otherwise known as CT, and has appeared in one of its drill videos.
Chiata and Panton are to be sentenced at dates yet to be fixed.
