Man who attacked Nancy Pelosi’s husband convicted of assault

David DePape has been convicted (Michael Short/San Francisco Chronicle/AP)

The man who broke into former US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home seeking to hold her hostage, and attacked her husband with a hammer, has been convicted of federal charges of attempted kidnapping and assault.

The jury on Thursday deliberated for about eight hours before finding David DePape guilty of attempted kidnapping of a federal official and assault on the immediate family member of a federal official.