A GUNMAN who shot a young couple 15 times in a South Croydon flat has been found guilty of wounding with intent but cleared of attempted murder.
Zarak McKoy, 23, and an accomplice burst into Channel Wilson's home in Kingsdown Avenue and shot her boyfriend, 19-year-old Shaquille Forde-Morgan, 13 times at close range.
Miss Wilson, 20, was hit twice while trying to help her boyfriend and called for an ambulance before passing out.
McKoy, of Hambrook Road, South Norwood, was cleared of two counts of attempted murder following a trial at Croydon Crown Court.
The gunman was found guilty of two counts of wounding with intent as well as possessing a firearm with intent to endanger life.
The court heard how the couple were "gunned down" in the flat at around 3am on July 6 last year.
They had fallen asleep watching television that evening when they heard a "bang" at the front door.
Miss Wilson looked through the spyhole and saw her ex-boyfriend Jarrelle Francis, also known as Rashan, with another McKoy, known as Z.
Neena Crinnion, prosecuting, said there was a conversation between Miss Wilson and her former partner and he and McKoy left five minutes later "not very happy with the outcome".
Less than five minutes later there was a "huge" noise at the front door, Miss Crinnion said.
Two or three men burst into the flat and made their way into the bedroom.
Miss Wilson recognised McKoy, who was wearing a distinctive True Religion hoody, and Francis.
McKoy had his arm extended and a gun in his hand. He opened fire at Mr Forde-Morgan at close quarters, who fell to the floor screaming.
As Miss Wilson went to help him she was shot once in the back and once on the back of her thigh.
Zarak and Rashan, and possibly another man, fled the address.
Miss Wilson used her boyfriend's phone to call London Ambulance Service which alerted armed police. She then collapsed next to him.
Mr Forde-Morgan was shot 13 times, suffering wounds to his groin and legs. Surgeon's decided it would be too risky to remove a bullet lodged in his tibia. Miss Wilson's injuries were not as serious.
Though initially reluctant to name her attackers, Miss Wilson later positively identified Francis as being one of them and McKoy as the shooter.
Police were able to use phone records to link Mckoy and Francis to the attack.
McKoy was arrested on July 16 at his partner's home in Abbotts Road, Croydon, and after three interviews gave police a statement through his solicitor which read: "I categorically deny committing these offences."
Officer searched his home in Hambrook Road and found two True Relgion tops, including a black one similar to that described by Mr Forde-Mason.
Analysis of bullet casings found at the flat and those removed from Mr Forde-Morgan showed they all came from the same weapon, a converted self-loading, gas-operated pistol.
An expert concluded the weapon had been fired at least seven times during the course of the attack.
Police are still seeking Francis in connection with the incident.
In 2010, McKoy, then 19, was given a 50-week prison sentence, suspended for two years, after repeatedly stabbing an intruder at his home in West Norwood. He pleaded guilty to unlawful wounding.
McKoy will be sentenced for the shootings and possession of an offensive weapon on March 20.
