The judge said Stephen McHugh had reacted to verbal abuse directed at his erratic driving by treating pedestrians 'like they were human skittles'.
Convicted drug-dealer Stephen McHugh has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 18 years for murdering Rebecca Steer by deliberately driving into a crowd of pedestrians in Oswestry like "human skittles".McHugh was convicted on Thursday of murder and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent, after jurors heard the 28-year-old drove onto a footpath less than five minutes after snorting cocaine.
Rebecca Steer, 22, from Llanymynech, died after she was hit by McHugh's car outside a takeaway in Willow Street in Oswestry in the early hours of October 9 last year.McHugh, 28, was found guilty on Thursday of her murder and attempted grevious bodily harm of Kyle Roberts, who was injured in the town centre incident outside the Grill Out takeaway, following a two-week trial at Stafford Crown Court.
The court had heard how McHugh had"used his car as a weapon" to drive into the group, following an earlier altercation. Passing sentence on Friday, Mr Justice Andrew Baker said McHugh, originally from Fazakerley in Liverpool, had reacted to verbal abuse directed at his erratic driving by treating pedestrians"like they were human skittles".Describing the murder of Ms Steer as an outrage, the judge told McHugh:"It could so easily have been much worse for the general group on the pavement.
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