Two men accused of shooting a man through a window have been found not guilty of murder. Andrew Cross, 28, of Colchester and Lemuel Robinson, 27, of Collingwood Road, Sutton, denied killing Larry Malone with a Mac 10 sub-machine gun at his aunt’s home in West Norwood.

Both were found not guilty of murder by a jury at the Old Bailey on Tuesday, but Cross was convicted of possession of a firearm. Mr Malone, who was 24 and from Brixton, was shot dead in a hail of bullets at his aunt's home in Harpenden Road just after midnight on September 3, 2009.

Up to six shots were fired into the room which contained Mr Malone, his aunt and others, but only Mr Malone was hit. A post mortem examination gave the cause of death as a single gunshot wound to the head.

The gun, which is designed to fire at a rapid rate, was recovered 40 hours later by police at a petrol station in Anerley Park. Police pounced as it was handed over by Robinson's 20-year-old girlfriend Shevonne Legister to Dino Rouillon in a white van, jurors were told.

Miss Legister, of Wolfingdon Road, West Norwood, and Mr Rouillon will appear at the same court on Monday. They are charged with possession of a firearm, not having a certificate for the firearm and possession of class A drugs. Cross will be sentenced at the conclusion of that trial.