In the US, a white supremacist who drove his car into a counter demonstrator at a rally in Charlotsville in the state of Virginia has been found guilty of murder.
James Alex Fields Jr was found guilty of five counts of aggravated malicious wounding, three of malicious wounding, and one hit-and-run count.
Fields killed Heather Heyer, 32, and injured dozens more when he drove his car into a group of people who were demonstrating against a 'Unite the Right' rally gathered to protest against the removal of the statue of Confederate general, Robert E Lee.
The Charlottesville rally and counter protests sparked extreme racial tensions in the US.
President Donald Trump drew wide-scale criticism when in the aftermath of Charlottesville, he said that there was 'blame on both sides'.
Sentencing will begin on Monday when jurors will be given the option to recommend between 20 years and life for the murder conviction.
While the fact that Fields had struck the protesters in his Dodge Challenger was not contested, his lawyers and prosecutors had offered contrasting narratives over his state of mind and intentions on that day.
The defence said in their opening statements Fields had been 'scared for his life' -- hoping, according to observers, if not for an outright acquittal, that the jury might find him guilty of a lesser charge such as second-degree murder.
Fields had driven overnight from his hometown Maumee, Ohio, to protest against the removal of the statue of Robert E Lee, the top general of the pro-slavery Confederacy during the American Civil War.
Dressed in a white polo shirt and khaki pants - the uniform of the white supremacists - he took part in racist, anti-Semitic and homophobic chants, according to footage played in the courtroom.
The prosecution played videos that showed Fields stop his car and reverse up a hill before commencing his deadly assault on a crowd of counter-protesters who were singing and celebrating after city officials had ordered the far right to leave.
The jury reached their verdict at the end of its first day of deliberations following a trial lasting almost two weeks.
