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Philosophy student guilty of murder after running over fiancé in car
The Guardian ^
| Jan 2
| Robyn Vinter
Posted on 01/02/2024 10:23:29 AM PST by 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.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cambridge; crime; murder
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Drunk driving + Murder gets her a whole life term.
She is evil.
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:23:29 AM PST
by
RandFan
To: RandFan
You need to view it philosophically.
2
posted on
01/02/2024 10:24:42 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
To: BenLurkin
She was reading too much Sartre and Gide.
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:25:21 AM PST
by
Publius
To: RandFan
Her only comment was: “I don’t mean to sound philosophical about it, but he was a drag.”
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:27:00 AM PST
by
RoosterRedux
(A person who seeks the truth with a strong bias will never find it. He will only confirm his bias.)
To: RandFan
Might of had a better chance using hemlock . . .
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:27:15 AM PST
by
Stosh
To: RandFan
why did they feel it necessary to include her major?
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:29:10 AM PST
by
MNDude
To: RandFan
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.
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:30:01 AM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(America!Biden has turned what was one of the greatest documentaries into a one season retard sitcom.)
To: RandFan
Existentialism writ large.
To: MNDude
It’s like including the name of the dog that bit the mail man.
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:31:32 AM PST
by
Track9
(You are far too inquisitive not to be seduced…)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:31:51 AM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:33:00 AM PST
by
stevio
(Fight until you die.)
To: FlingWingFlyer
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:33:23 AM PST
by
RandFan
To: RandFan
She feels a sense of loss over how it will hurt society and the world if she is not a part of it.
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:33:30 AM PST
by
equaviator
(If 60 is the new 40 then 35 must be the new 15.)
To: RandFan
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.
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:34:09 AM PST
by
Opinionated Blowhard
(When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
To: RandFan
Cold, empty eyes....
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:34:16 AM PST
by
newfreep
("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
To: RandFan
I think Harvard may have an opening soon for her.
To: RandFan
The buzzword d’jour ‘context.’ Did she use that in her argument?
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:34:24 AM PST
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: gloryblaze
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:34:24 AM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: RandFan
"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?
To: FlingWingFlyer
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. 😏
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posted on
01/02/2024 10:34:57 AM PST
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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