A GUNMAN who sprayed a man's car with bullets outside a Brierley Hill nightclub has been jailed for 10 years.

Taniyha Beckford pulled the gun on his victim outside Pulse in Dudley Road on January 26, 2014.

Fortunately, the victim, who is in his 30s, was sitting in a car at the time, managed to escape without injury.

Birmingham Crown Court heard that when police carried out a search of Beckford’s Duchess Road home in Ladywood after the incident, they discovered a loaded gun with 15 rounds of ammunition.

The weapon was handed over to experts at the National Ballistics Intelligence Service (NABIS) and they found that the Hungarian made FEG pistol had been used in the shooting outside the club.

CCTV footage placed Beckford at the scene and the actual shooting had been captured on camera.

Beckford was arrested in November 2014, charged and remanded in custody.

The 35-year-old later pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm with intent to endanger life Detective Inspector Darren Crutchley, from West Midlands Police Serious and Organised Crime Unit, is satisfied that Beckford remains behind bars.

He said: "The sentence demonstrates how seriously the courts take gun crime. The victim in this case could have been killed.

"We would like to thank our colleagues at NABIS for their work which assisted our case and proved that the gun found at Beckford’s address was the same weapon used in the Pulse shooting.

"Gun crime levels across the West Midlands have fallen over the last decade and we will continue to work hard to keep our communities safe."

Head of NABIS, Detective Chief Superintendent Jo Chilton, added: “This is a good example of how NABIS work with police forces to reduce gun crime and keep communities safe.

"We will continue to work in partnership with West Midlands Police to remove firearms and ammunition from the streets and bring offenders to justice.”