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Man killed Scots gran in barbaric driving attack after she intervened in domestic argument

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A man killed a woman who was concerned about how he was treating his partner.Ian Edwards reversed his car while the passenger door was still open and hit mum-of-four Nicola Kirk.

The 37-year-old - who had earlier taken cocaine and alcohol - then fled the scene before phoning police lying he had drove off as he had been threatened.

Nicola, 45, tragically died from head injuries following the incident at a car park in Whitesands, Dumfries on May 12 2021. Edwards had been due to stand trial at the High Court in Glasgow.

But, he instead pled guilty today to the charge of culpable homicide that he faced. Edwards - who had 26 previous convictions and was freed on bail just a month before the killing - was today jailed for seven years and two months by judge Lady Carmichael.The court heard how Edwards drove there that night to collect his partner Lesley Murdoch.

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