A woman ran over and killed her boyfriend in her car after a money row. Grace Ross, 21, hit Joshua Kerr close to the farm where he worked in Leslie, near Glenrothes, Fife on May 22 2020.
The 18-year-old never survived having suffered a catastrophic head injury. Ross - of Fife, who had been due to study politics at Dundee University at the time - today pled guilty to causing Joshua's death by careless driving.
A judge warned her she faces a possible jail-term when she is sentenced next month. Prosecutor Gavin Anderson told the High Court in Glasgow how the couple had been together for three years.
They had an argument before the incident over Joshua's finances including what was described as a "cash app" on his phone. Mr Anderson told the hearing it was Ross's "suspicion" that the farmhand was hiding things from her.The advocate depute: "She said she was coming to the farm unless he handed over the code to the cash app." Ross then turned up around 11am that morning.It was there she got hold of Joshua's phone and got back into her Vauxhall Corsa.
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