A GUNMAN who shot a man at point-blank range on his doorstep has been found guilty of attempted murder.

Robert Connor, 37, of Victoria Avenue, Camberley, was found guilty of trying to kill Jonathan Knight on May 10 this year following a row over a £30 debt and a mobile phone.

The court also heard that Connor had an "old grudge" against Knight because of a belief he had physically abused his son, and shot him in the chest after he answered the door of a friend's house in Swancote Green, Easthampstead. 

A jury took eight hours and 35 minutes to deliver a unanimous guilty verdict on all counts.

Accomplice Scott Kennedy, 29, and 64-year-old Michael Crook, the driver of the trio's get-away-car, were cleared of attempting to kill Knight, but both were found guilty on one count of possession of a prohibited firearm. 

Kennedy, of Sturdee Close, Frimley, was found not guilty on one count of wounding with intent, but guilty on one count of wounding.

Crook, also of Sturdee Close, Frimley, was found guilty on one count of wounding with intent. 

Connor had admitted a single count of wounding and possession of a firearm on Tuesday, October 13.

Addressing the defendants, Judge Stephen John, said: "You have all been convicted of very grave offences and lengthy custodial sentences will inevitably follow." 

Kennedy, Crook and Connor will be sentenced on Friday, November 20, at Reading Crown Court.