Stephen McHugh deliberately drove his car into a crowd of people
Chilling CCTV footage captured the moments just before a drunk and drug-fuelled driver ploughed his car into a crowd of people and killed a 'beautiful' 22-year-old woman.
The court was told how the convicted drug-dealer, who has never had a driving licence, had taken cocaine and downed six beers and ten double shots of spirits before the horrific incident. McHugh, originally from Fazakerley in Liverpool 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.
The CCTV footage shown to the court captured McHugh stopping in the road outside the takeaway. Mr Hegarty told the court: "At that moment Rebecca Steer was crossing Willow Street.Jurors were told Ms Steer managed to get out of the way of the car and made her way to the pavement on the opposite side of Willow Street.
Before showing the jury CCTV clips from nearby business premises of the Volvo being reversed and then driven forwards into Ms Steer, Mr Hegarty said of McHugh: "He was heard speaking in an aggressive way. You may well think the way he reversed the car, which was at speed and without regard to those around him, gives a clear insight into what he was thinking and what he intended to do.
McHugh told the trial that he was not angry with the group and had reversed to get alongside them to pick up a friend. "I am not an angry person," he told the jury. "I didn’t really think about it. It was a moment of stupidity." "I am grateful that the jury saw through his web of lies and convicted him on the evidence presented to them."
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