FIVE men have been warned to expect long prison sentences after they were convicted of serious offences of violence arising from a dispute in a Bradford street.

The long-running trial of six defendants involved in an incident in Hollybank Gardens, Great Horton, last October 3 came to a close this afternoon when the jury was discharged from giving two verdicts in the case of Tariq Adalat, 35, of Northside Terrace, Lidget Green.

Adalat had been found guilty of conspiracy to handle stolen goods but the jurors were unable to agree on two remaining allegations against him: conspiracy to possess a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life, and conspiracy to possess a firearm and ammunition without a firearms certificate.

Dhannish Akmal, 19, of Aberdeen Terrace, Lidget Green, who had been convicted of conspiracy to handle stolen goods and conspiracy to possess a firearm and ammunition without a firearms certificate, was yesterday found guilty by a 10-2 majority verdict of conspiracy to possess a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life.

Earlier this week, the jury convicted Mohammed Waris, 22, of Northside Terrace, of conspiracy to possess a firearm and ammunition with intent to endanger life; conspiracy to possess a firearm and ammunition without a firearms certificate; and conspiracy to handle stolen goods.

It also brought in guilty verdicts against Ajaz Saddiq, 38, of Hollybank Gardens, Great Horton; his brother Shahid Saddiq, 35, of Waverley Road, Great Horton, and 39-year-old Nazim Hussain, of Fairbank Road, Girlington, who were all charged with wounding Mohammed Waris with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm.

Judge Jonathan Rose praised the jury for the care they had taken to listening to the evidence in the trial and in deliberating on their verdicts. He said none of them needed to serve on a jury again for the next ten years.

He plans to sentence five of the defendants on Monday, June 5.

Judge Rose asked the Crown for a decision by then on whether Adalat will face a retrial on the two outstanding counts against him.

Judge Rose said the other defendants must expect "very substantial prison sentences".

All were remanded back into custody.