Ghumman, a London-based chartered accountant, was convicted by a UK court in 2009 for stalking Hannah Rhind.
Yesterday, he was found guilty of fraud, incitement to commit murder, attempted murder and malicious damage to property.
He met Rhind in London in March 2009 and harassed her until her father, Phillip Rhind, intervened.
Ghumman was arrested in Cape Town in January last year after he threw a petrol bomb at Rhind's parents' home in Clifton .
He posed as a London-based freelance photojournalist, calling himself Michael Kirkham, and got a journalist to put him in touch with gangsters.
Steven Kretzman, editor of the West Cape News, agreed to assist "Kirkham" with his "research" for a fee of R1600.
Kretzman was sent an e-mail describing the kind of gangster Ghumman was looking for.
"I do want to meet someone who has absolutely no compunction about behaving with appalling violence. The type of individuals who car-jacked Anni and Shrien Dewani, or someone like the fictitious tsotsi would be ideal," Ghumman said in his e-mail.
Kretzman assigned journalist Sandiso Phaliso, who lived in Phillipi, to find the gangsters.
Meanwhile, Ghumman downloaded pictures of Rhind and her father from the internet. He obtained pictures of their Clifton home from Google Maps.
The West Cape News journalist introduced him to Alfred Yalezo.
The state said Ghumman offered Yalezo R10000 to murder Phillip Rhind. Instead, Yalezo tipped the family off and Ghumman was arrested.
Magistrate Herman Pieters found Ghumman guilty on all charges.
"The accused clearly planned the attack on the Rhind family house well in advance. It was clearly planned in England. The tape he used in manufacturing the bombs is a clear illustration of this fact," said Pieters.
"One cannot predict the result of petrol-bombing a house . The potential risk to property and life by throwing petrol bombs at a house is too obvious."
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