Liam Hendry: Last News

The mum of a man stabbed to death at a party has called for lengthier life sentences for murder.

The mums of two murdered young men have united to demand tougher life sentences in Scotland.

jailed for life.Margaret Hendry said she will always relive the moment she saw her 18-year-old son’s lifeless body lying in the street after being deliberately mowed by a speeding transit van driven by callous Dean Wright - who was high on booze and drugs and banned from the road.And the mum said her family have been given “no justice” after Wright, 32, was handed a 22-year minimum sentence for murdering Liam and trying to kill four other people who came to his aid in Glasgow’s east end in September 2019.Margaret, 53, said: “He was out to take more than one life that night.“When I walked into court and looked at what took my son’s life it was just pure evil standing there.“You could see it in his eyes.

jailed for life today.Dean Wright deliberately mowed down innocent Liam Hendry, 18, as he watched a brawl between two gangs unfold close to Glasgow’s Celtic Park in 2019.The 32-year-old was sentenced to at least 22 years behind bars today after a judge told him he used his van as a weapon in the “murderous attack”, which saw him attempt to kill four others who rushed to his victim’s aid.And Liam’s heartbroken family issued an emotional statement following the verdict, saying: “We as a family will never ever recover from this perverted and evil act that was inflicted on our beautiful and loving son.“The subhumans involved in the cold blooded and senseless snatching of our Liam’s future showed him no mercy nor left him any hope of surviving