23-year-old woman murders fiancé by running him over after fight

E My wife C me say was an excident um I came down to look us um about 10 minutes ago uh there was a young lady in our house uh she walked outside now with us and she said to my wife and myself that she’s the driver okay they had an

Argument and she drove over him right okay so Alice based on the circumstance that we found out already okay I’m going to rest on listen to me okay I’m going to listen to me I’m going to arrest you on suspicion of murder okay so you do

Have to say anything but offense you do mention now something F lat line in court anything you do say maybe evidence understand

A 23-year-old woman has been found guilty of murdering her fiance by running him over with her car when they argued after a party.

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

The philosophy student denied murder and an alternative count of manslaughter as she claimed her boyfriend’s death was a “tragic accident”.

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25 comments
  1. THIS COUNTRY NEEDS TO CHANGE A LIFE TERM TO A minimum sentence of 50 YEARS Minimum , no early release, for CLEAR CUT murder and proven 100 per cent, LIFE = 50 Minimum, anything below is a Insult to the victim

  2. Alice Wood should have been made to look at the body and see the horrific injuries Ryan Watson suffered and imagine the way he died. I hope the sentence reflects the gravity of the offence.

  3. False accusations and physical violence by females are wildly under reported and investigated in the U.K.
    she will claim he was violent and will smear his memory all in an attempt to get off with it

  4. I think it's insensitive to play that kind of 'mystery true crime' music over the footage. It's real life, its really only just happened. Someone has really just been deliberately mangled to death under a car.
    What kind of music would the independent play to accompany other crimes or natural disasters, is there a drop down menu on the editing suite? Or is it tone death journalism?

  5. Will watch this story as it unfolds. I fully expect a defense of 'Being in an abusive relationship' to come up and other 'justifications' for her actions, making her get a light or non-existent sentence (if there is evidence to support the claims). However, if there is no evidence of abuse, the Judge needs to give a strong sentence, to end the soft treatment women get in UK courts. Feminists call for equality, so they should receive it in the legal system too.

  6. Poor Ryan. I knew him personally and was the most loveliest, kindest person you could ever meet. Nobody could ever say a wrong word about him. He will always have a place in my heart. Sleep tight little boy. She was a horrible person to him.

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