Derek Chauvin has been convicted of murder for killing George Floyd by kneeling on his neck for more than nine minutes, writes standard.co.uk.

The former Minneapolis police officer’s crime prompted a wave of protests in support of racial justice in the US and across the world.

The jury unanimously convicted Chauvin of all the charges he faced - second and third degree murder, and manslaughter.

They concluded that the white former officer killed the 46-year-old black man through a criminal assault by pinning him to the ground so he could not breathe properly.