A woman ran over and killed her fife boyfriend with her car after a money row. Grace Ross, 21, hit Joshua Kerr close to the farm where he worked in Leslie on May 22. 2020.
Joshua, 18, did not survive his catastrophic head injury from the incident. Ross, who was studying politics at Dundee University at the time- today pled guilty to causing Joshua’s death by careless driving.
According to the Daily Record, a judge warned that the 21-year-old faces possible jail time when she is sentenced next month. Prosecutor Gavin Anderson told the High Court in Glasgow that the couple had been together for three years.
They had an argument before the incident over Joshua’s finances including what was described as a “cash app” on his phone. Mr Anderson told the hearing it was Ross’s “suspicion” that Joshua was hiding things from her.
The court heard "She said she was coming to the farm unless he handed over the code to the cash app." Ross then turned up around 11 am that morning.
It was then that Ross got hold of Joshua’s phone and got back into her Vauxhall Corsa. Ross accelerated harshly- her boyfriend was not in front of the vehicle at that time.
She proceeded to do a three-point turn on the narrow road. Ross was said to be driving at just 2.3mph when she hit Joshua.
Mr Anderson said: "He was struck by the front offside which caused him to fall and then be under the car. Once he was lying on his back, both of the offside wheels went over him.
"One left a tyre tread imprint on his trousers as it passed over his leg. The rear offside wheel ran over his head and caused a significant skull fracture - the injury was incompatible with life."
Ross immediately leapt out of the car screaming and rushed to the help of her boyfriend before dialling 999. Joshua did not recover from his injured.
Ross, of Glenrothes, begged police who arrived that she wanted to give her boyfriend "one last hug", but was stopped from doing so. She told officers: "He jumped in front of me and I hit him. We had a fight and I came up to see him.
"When I tried to leave, he jumped in front of me and I hit him." It also emerged her concerns about the app were said to be "unfounded".
Ross initial appeared in the dock just days after the incident, charged with Joshua’s murder. When the case first called at the high court last October, she was instead accused of causing death by dangerous driving before pleading guilty to the lesser charge today.
Donald Findlay QC, defending, today said: "On many occasions that I have met her, she has done nothing other than express the deepest levels of sadness and regret as to what happened to this young man." Lord Braid continued bail pending sentencing next month in Edinburgh.
Ross was banned from the road meantime. The judge warned her: "Be under no illusions, the sentencing options including custody remain open."
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