The man who shot dead 12 cinema-goers and wounded 70 during the midnight premiere of a Batman film in the US in 2012 has been found guilty of multiple counts of first degree murder.<br /><br /> Former neuroscience student James Holmes was convicted of all 165 counts against him by a jury who rejected the defence’s claim that he was legally insane.<br /><br /> Monday is the third anniversary of the massacre at the multiplex cinema in the Denver suburb of Aurora in Colorado.<br /><br /> Wearing body armour, helmet and mask, the gunman, now 27, lobbed a tear gas canister into the theatre before opening fire with a semi-automatic rifle, pump action shotgun and pistol.<br /><br /> Dozens of survivors testified in court about how they hid behind seats from a hail of bullets and scrambled over bodies as they tried to flee.<br /><br /> Holmes didn’t give evidence but two psychiatrists concluded that he was legally sane. <br />The District Attorney, who described him as unusually intelligent but socially inept, said he had a long-standing hatred of
