A 27-year-old Birmingham man accused of killing an innocent bystander during an armed raid was tonight found guilty of conspiracy to rob.

A jury at Birmingham Crown Court, which will return tomorrow to consider its verdict on a charge of murder, took around five hours to convict Lynton Fletcher of the less serious charge.

Fletcher, of Little Francis Grove, Nechells, denies any involvement in the murder of 28-year-old Joseph Nwabuko.

Mr Nwabuko, originally from Walsall, was shot following a raid at a branch of the Nationwide Building Society in Birmingham city centre in February 2004.