A man who was found guilty of murdering a 22-year-old woman by deliberately driving onto the pavement swore and stormed out of court.
Stephen McHugh, who had never had a driving licence, took cocaine and downed six beers and ten double shots of spirits before driving his Volvo onto a footpath in Oswestry, Shropshire. A two-week trial at Stafford Crown Court was told innocent bystander Rebecca Steer was crushed underneath the vehicle near a takeaway and died of "catastrophic" injuries.
McHugh, originally from Fazakerley but living near Oswestry at the time of the killing last October, admitted manslaughter and assault, claiming he was trying to frighten pedestrians after an earlier altercation nearby.
