When police officers ambushed Johannes Kongsnes Natland in a hotel room in West Yorkshire in March last year, the teenager was found with two working guns, 19 rounds of live ammunition and £2,000 in cash.
When he saw officers at his door, he mimed shooting one of them before he was thrust against the wall and handcuffed.
On Wednesday, the 19-year-old Norwegian, who worked part-time at a pizza restaurant, was found guilty of travelling to England to carry out a killing ordered by an international crime gang.
The teen from Stavanger, who had agreed to shoot an unknown person for €25,000 (£21,000), had previously sent messages
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