A thug who mowed down an innocent woman in his car while aiming at a group of men avoided a longer prison term in 2019 due to a loophole in firearms sentencing laws.
Stephen McHugh, 28, was convicted of the murder of 22-year-old Rebecca Steer at Stafford Crown Court yesterday after a horrific incident in Oswestry, Shropshire, on October 9 last year. McHugh, originally from Fazakerley, was jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years for the senseless killing.
A jury had heard McHugh had snorted around eight lines of cocaine and drunk six beers and 10 double shots of spirits before mounting his Volvo S60 car onto a footpath outside a takeaway restaurant. Miss Steer was hit and dragged under the vehicle, suffering "catastrophic" injuries.
