Two men have been convicted of the murder of Nottingham schoolgirl Danielle Beccan, who was shot as she walked home from a funfair in the city.
Mark Kelly, 20, of The Meadows, Nottingham, and Junior Andrews, 24, of no fixed address, had denied murder.
But a jury of eight men and four women found them guilty by a verdict of 10 votes to two after 16 hours of talks.
Danielle, 14, died in the early hours of 9 October 2004 after visiting the funfair with a group of friends.
The jury heard that Danielle was shot in the stomach when a gunman opened fire from a car in the St Ann's area of Nottingham.
She died later in hospital.
The court was told that Kelly was driving the car and that Andrews was a front seat passenger.
The pair were members of a gang from another part of the city. The jury was told that they used to drive around looking for a victim.
The murder trial was held at Birmingham Crown Court.
The two men have both been sentenced to life in prison, with the judge recommending that they serve a minimum of 32 years each.
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