Hurricane Katrina police guilty of burning man’s body

A former New Orleans policeman was convicted of shooting a man after Hurricane Katrina and another of burning his body because he did not want to see any more rotting corpses.

Former officer David Warren was convicted of manslaughter over 31-year-old Henry Glover's death outside a shopping mall on September 2, 2005. Prosecutors said Warren shot the unarmed man in the back. He faces life in prison.

Officer Gregory McRae was convicted of burning Glover's body in a car. A third policeman was found guilty of lying in his report but two others were acquitted.

Rebecca Glover, the dead man's aunt, said the verdict did not close the case for her.

"This has been a long, anguishing time," she said. "All of them should have been found guilty. They were all in on it."

The trial was the first in a series against police for alleged crimes when the city lay under water in 2005.

US attorney Jim Letten said: "Tonight's verdict is a critical phase in the recovery and healing of this city, of the people of this region."