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

A drink-driver who deliberately steered into a assemblage extracurricular a takeaway and fatally injured a pupil has been jailed for beingness for her murder.

Rebecca Steer, 22, died aft she was dragged underneath the Volvo successful Oswestry, Shropshire, connected 9 October.

Stephen McHugh, who had besides taken cocaine and did not clasp a driving licence, was convicted connected Thursday aft a proceedings astatine Stafford Crown Court.

He was sentenced to a minimum of 18 years.

The tribunal heard however McHugh had mounted the kerb and ploughed into a radical of pedestrians extracurricular the Grill Out takeaway.

As good arsenic hitting bystander Ms Steer, helium besides deed and injured 2 men who were "knocked aside" by the car's beforehand wing.

McHugh, 28, was besides convicted of attempting to origin grievous bodily harm with intent.

Passing sentence, Mr Justice Andrew Baker said McHugh, of Artillery Road, Park Hall, Shropshire, had reacted to verbal maltreatment directed astatine his erratic driving by treating pedestrians "like they were quality skittles".