A teenager who denied gunning-down a 20-year-old professional dancer in cold blood outside a snooker club has been found guilty of murder.

Ezekiel Charles-Sterling, 19, from Upper Norwood, told jurors at the Old Bailey last month he left West Norwood Snooker Club in Norwood Road at least an hour before Daniel Famakinwa was killed outside on August 6, 2011.

The former South Thames College student claimed he was at a friend’s house in nearby Wolfington Road feeling “tipsy” and “tired” at the time of shooting.

But today jurors rejected his alibi and left him facing a long stretch behind bars, along with his four accomplices- Romelle Bogle, 18, of Brixton; Christopher Perry, 18, of Streatham and Joshua Chieke, 18, and Adrian Rhodes, 19, both from Stockwell, who were convicted of manslaughter.

They were acquitted of possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life, for which Charles-Sterling received a further conviction.

Of the group, only Rhodes was convicted on a separate charge for possession of a prohibited firearm in relation to a second shooting in Charterhouse, London, which happened four weeks later.

Murder and firearm charges against another defendant, Demmar Dawkins, 18, of West Norwood were dropped last month.

Earlier in the trial, Mr Famakinwa’s friend and dance partner, Mutale Mwananshiku, told the court he thought Charles-Sterling was “showing off” when he pulled out the gun.

Inside the club the gunman tapped him on the shoulder and said his friends were “dancing with his girl”, the court heard.

About an hour later at 3.45am, Mr Mwananshiku left to wait for a night bus and saw Daniel chatting to a girl next to the Arani Food and Wine shop.

Moments later another of their friends, known as Charmer, was approached by a group of six teenagers who the prosecution alleged were “on the prowl” with a loaded gun.

Mr Mwananshiku told the court Charles-Sterling confronted Charmer near Waylett Place and asked him “Where are your ends?” meaning “Where are you from?”

He said Charles-Sterling then pulled out a weapon and began waving it around.

He said the group got “excited” and the gunman said “Empty your pockets. I’m going to bus it” meaning “I’m going to shoot”.

Giving evidence, he said: “He was holding [the gun] on its side with his right hand. He was waving it about. When he took the gun out they kind of got excited.”

Mr Jafferjee QC, prosecuting, replied: “At that stage did you take it seriously? Did you believe it was a real gun?”

Mr Mwananshiku said: “No. When I looked at them I just thought it was a group of young people- a group of kids. I just thought he was trying to show off.”

After the gun went off, he said both groups scattered and the gunman’s group ran towards York Hill.

Fighting back tears on the witness stand, he described running to help Daniel, who died an hour later from gunshot wounds to the chest.

The teens will be sentenced for the killing on a later date.