Driver who steered into crowd jailed for Rebecca Steer's murder

Driver who steered into crowd jailed for Rebecca Steer's murder

BBC

A drink-driver who deliberately steered into a crowd outside a takeaway and fatally injured a student has been jailed for life for her murder.

Rebecca Steer, 22, died after she was dragged underneath the Volvo in Oswestry, Shropshire, on 9 October.

Stephen McHugh, who had also taken cocaine and did not hold a driving licence, was convicted on Thursday after a trial at Stafford Crown Court.

He was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years.

The court heard how McHugh had mounted the kerb and ploughed into a group of pedestrians outside the Grill Out…

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