THE killer of taxi driver Mohammed Mahroof has been told he could go to prison for life after being found guilty of murder today.

The jury at Reading Crown Court took five hours and 17 minutes to unanimously find Mohammed Mahroof Mustafa, 21, guilty of murder.

His co-defendant Asif Ahram Mohammed, 26, was cleared of murder but was found guilty of manslaughter as the jury were satisfied that Mustafa could have used the knife that killed Mr Mahroof to cause serious harm instead.

Mustafa killed Mr Mahroof with a single stab wound in the neck at the Rye park, High Wycombe, on May 8 last year in a botched robbery attempt.

Mohammed was sentenced to manslaughter as he had got the knife used in the robbery from his home in Roberts Road.

Mustafa will be sentenced on Tuesday next week with Judge Christopher Tyrer, who told him. "I have not had an opportunity to reflect on what sentence I will pass. I have to consider the minimum term you will serve."

He added the maximum term for the offence was life imprisonment.

Mohammed will be sentenced at a later date once reports to assess his dangerousness have been compiled. Both men had already pleaded guilty to conspiracy to rob.