A DRUG dealer has been convicted of the murder of West Drayton man Anthony Dickson.

Anthony Small, who went by the street name 'Chocs', shot the father-of-three, 37, twice in the chest with a sub-machine gun after arranging to sell him crack cocaine at a park in Marvell Avenue, Hayes, in the early hours of December 24.

The Old Bailey heard during the three-week trial that Mr Dickson, of The Green, had robbed one of Small's drug pushers two weeks before the killing, and this was the motivation for the hit.

Small, 31, of High Street, Harlesden, denied murder but was found guilty on Tuesday (November 8).

He was remanded in custody and will be sentenced at a later date.