Teenager found guilty of playing a part in Wolverhampton drive-by shooting
A teenager has been found guilty of playing a part in a drive-by shooting in Wolverhampton.
Logan Head, of Hawthorne Road, Tipton and Joshua Baker, of Burton Road in Dudley, both aged 19, have been standing trial at Birmingham Crown Court this week.
They both denied possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and an alternate count of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
On Friday, a jury found Head guilty of possessing a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence and he will be sentenced on July 3.
He was found not guilty of possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life and Baker was also found not guilty on both charges.
Judge Heidi Kubik KC warned Head he faced an immediate prison sentence and said it was a 'very serious offence'.
She told him: "I make you no promise of anything other than a custodial sentence."
During the trial, the jury heard pellets were fired from a stolen Fiat 500 towards a bystander outside a convenience store in Stowheath Lane, Stow Heath, at around 10.15pm on July 22, 2021, injuring a man in the arm.
Prosecuting, Nicholas Tatlow QC, said Head was driving the car, while Baker was a passenger and a third man, Ian Ferguson, pulled the trigger of the sawn off shotgun, hitting the man with the pellets.
Ferguson had earlier admitted his part in the offence.
The prosecution argued that Head and Baker were involved in the shooting and that they were knowingly involved in it.
Jurors were told how the Fiat later 'crashed' in Hall Lane, Tipton.
Giving evidence, Head admitted driving the car but said he had "no knowledge" of the gun that was used, or that it was in the vehicle.
Head said: "We were driving around on the day looking to steal cars – it was something which was a regular thing we did. We would go to West Bromwich, Wolverhampton, Tipton looking for cars to come back for later in the day.
"But I was not aware there was a firearm in the car and have never touched a firearm in my life. I also had never heard of or knew the person who was shot and I was shocked when it happened.
"We went past the Premier Stores and turned left into a dead end, coming back out and onto Stowheath Lane.
"When I heard the shots fired I swore, because I was stunned. I had no idea there was a gun or any weapon in the car, I knew nothing about it."
DNA found on the gun linked a fourth man Dylan Ireson, to the case, Mr Tatlow said.
Ireson, 23, of Uplands Avenue, Wolverhampton had previously admitted an offence involving possession of a gun between July 21 and August 7.