Shotgun killer Raoul Moat's two henchmen are facing long jail sentences for their roles in his murderous rampage.
Karl Ness and Qhuram Awan were convicted of conspiring with Moat before, during and after he shot three people, killing one and seriously injuring the others.
After witnessing their convictions, Pc David Rathband, who lost his eyesight when he was shot in the face by Moat, said: "I have a lifetime to live and they have a lifetime to reflect. I am sure I am in a better place than them."
The defendants had claimed they were forced at gunpoint to help the 37-year-old ex-doorman, who shot his girlfriend Samantha Stobbart, murdered her new lover Chris Brown, 29, and then declared war on the police.
They said they were held hostage by Moat, but the jury at Newcastle Crown Court unanimously convicted Ness of murdering Mr Brown and a firearms offence. Both men were convicted of conspiracy to murder, attempted murder and robbery.
Dramatic footage was released at the conclusion of the five-week trial showing how the police arrested the men in Rothbury, Northumberland, where they had been in hiding with Moat. Armed officers threw stun grenades and piled on to the men, but Moat remained at large for a further four days before he killed himself after being cornered.
Both men had spurned the chance, while on shopping trips, to tip-off the police about Moat's whereabouts.
Ness, 26, from Dudley, North Tyneside, was with steroid addict Moat on the night he calmly killed Mr Brown, a karate instructor. He had helped Moat find out information about Mr Brown using the internet.
Part-time mechanic and doorman Awan, 23, of Blyth, Northumberland, helped the pair afterwards by driving a getaway car to a woodland hideout.
The next day, self-confessed "petrol-head" Awan drove Moat in his modified black Lexus to the junction of the A1 and A69 where Pc Rathband was shot.
