Aya Hachem: Seven men guilty of drive-by shooting murder

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image captionAya Hachem was "in the wrong place at the wrong time" when she was shot dead, the court heard

Seven men have been found guilty of murdering a student who was shot dead in a feud between two tyre firm owners.

Aya Hachem, 19, was killed in the drive-by shooting in Blackburn on 17 May last year.

The shooting was the culmination of a long-running dispute between Feroz Suleman, of RI Tyres, and Pachah Khan, of Quickshine Tyres, a court heard.

Seven of the eight people who were on trial at Preston Crown Court were convicted of Ms Hachem's murder.

The eighth defendant, Judy Chapman, was cleared of murder but found guilty of manslaughter.

The seven men will be sentenced on Thursday, while Chapman will be sentenced 1 October.

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