Philosophy student guilty of murder after running over fiancé in car

The Guardian ^ | Jan 2 | Robyn Vinter

[RandFan]

A philosophy student has been found guilty of murdering her boyfriend when she “lost her temper” and drunkenly ran over him with her car, dragging him underneath.

Alice Wood, 23, used her Ford Fiesta as a weapon when she hit partner, Ryan Watson, 24, near the home they shared in Rode Heath, Cheshire, at about 11.30pm on 6 May 2022.

Wood, who had just received a scholarship for a master’s at Cambridge, denied murder and an alternative count of manslaughter as she claimed her boyfriend’s death was a “tragic accident”.

She told her trial at Chester crown court she did not realise he was trapped underneath her car when she drove 158 metres up a road after an argument.

Judge Michael Leeming told her she “may never be released” as he further remanded her in custody. Wood stared downwards as she left the dock.

[RandFan]

Drunk driving + Murder gets her a whole life term.

She is evil.

[BenLurkin]

You need to view it philosophically.

[Publius]

She was reading too much Sartre and Gide.

[RoosterRedux]

Her only comment was: “I don’t mean to sound philosophical about it, but he was a drag.”

[Stosh]

Might of had a better chance using hemlock . . .

[MNDude]

why did they feel it necessary to include her major?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Do they make a four wheel drive Fiesta? How’d she get it to go over the body? I saw a guy one time giving his Fiesta hell trying to get it up the upside of a speed bump.

[gloryblaze]

Existentialism writ large.

[Track9]

It’s like including the name of the dog that bit the mail man.

[gundog]

I Kant.

[stevio]

LOL.

[RandFan]

Here’s some footage

https://youtu.be/sitq-RWJfgo?si=6YnvzQHL20itoHs8

[equaviator]

She feels a sense of loss over how it will hurt society and the world if she is not a part of it.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

To paraphrase Nietzche, what is this woman? A coil of wild serpents that are seldom at peace among themselves–so each goes forth separately and seeks its quarry in the world.

Or in other words, philosophy majors are almost as nuts as psychiatry majors.

[newfreep]

Cold, empty eyes....

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

I think Harvard may have an opening soon for her.

[BradyLS]

The buzzword d’jour ‘context.’ Did she use that in her argument?

[gundog]

Alice Wood...and did.

[Bernard Marx]

"Philosophy student guilty of murder after running over fiancé in car"

Re: the headline. How did she run over him if he was in the car?

[V_TWIN]

Maybe she just picked it up and hit him over the head with it.....as a kid I had a Tonka truck bigger that that POS. 😏