A newlywed has appeared in court charged with trying to kill her husband just a few weeks after they got married. Karen Neil is said to have tried to murder Alex Neil by pushing him onto the road where he was struck by a car.
Alex was struck by a vehicle in Renfrew Road, Paisley, Renfrewshire on Sunday, October 10 just two months after he and Karen tied the knot.
Neil, 45, of Newmilns, Ayrshire, appeared at the town’s sheriff court yesterday to face a charge of attempted murder. The single charge against her states that she “did push him onto the path of oncoming traffic, whereby he was struck on the body” by a car.
Court papers claim the collision caused him “severe injury” and was “to the danger of his life” and an “attempt to murder him”. The charge also states that the “offence was aggravated by involving abuse of” her partner, as per Section 1 of the Abusive Behaviour and Sexual Harm (Scotland) Act 2016.
Neil made no plea to the single charge against her during the hearing, where she was represented by defence solicitor Kirsty McGeehan of law firm McGeehan and Company.
Sheriff Eoin McGinty continued the case for prosecutors to investigate further and released Neil on bail to a friend’s house. No future court dates have been set and a trial is expected to take place next year.
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