A woman who used her car “as a weapon” to kill her fiance after a row at a party has been convicted of murder. Alice Wood, 23, had denied murdering Ryan Watson, aged 24, near their home in Rode Heath, Cheshire. She drove at Mr Watson three times before he was dragged for up to 160m (525ft) underneath the car, after he “clicked” with another woman. And after a trial at Chester Crown Court, the jury found her unanimously guilty.
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Justice for Men & Boys 
Life imprisonment. Probably suspended!
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Haha more likely a (very) early release. The judge was obviously trying to launch his comedy career by saving she may never leave prison.
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The sentencing will be interesting, as we know generally a pretty young woman gets a shockingly lenient sentence. A local case to me the reporting began with assumptions that it was accidental and then that being drunk the woman was somehow not responsible (contrast that with how drunk men are treated). Also briefly some suggestion that the relationship was “volatile” (code for he was in some way abusive). Fortunately the CCTV that night both recoded the murder but also the behaviour of Ryan, who at one point is seen helping a woman up who had fallen at the Party. The party itself was for one of the “clients” of Headway , a Charity supporting people who have brain injuries, Ryan worked for the Charity.
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