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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Man who drove car into woman in Shropshire found guilty of murder

Stephen McHugh
McHugh was found guilty of murder and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm in relation to a male pedestrian who was also knocked down. Photograph: West Mercia police/PA

A convicted drug dealer who deliberately drove into a crowd of pedestrians outside a takeaway, killing a 22-year-old woman, has been found guilty of murder.

Stephen McHugh, 28, who has never had a driving licence, had taken cocaine and drunk six beers and 10 double shots of spirits before driving on to the pavement in Oswestry, Shropshire in October.

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