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Pointless death

In the Australian city of Sydney a woman driver was convicted of murder after running down a man who had thrown cheese-flavoured snacks at her car. The woman had drunk two bottles of wine in addition to consuming a cocktail of drugs that included cannabis, amphetamines and anti-depressants.
February 22, 2012 Read time: 1 min
In the Australian city of Sydney a woman driver was convicted of murder after running down a man who had thrown cheese-flavoured snacks at her car. The woman had drunk two bottles of wine in addition to consuming a cocktail of drugs that included cannabis, amphetamines and anti-depressants. The young man threw the food items at her car as a joke and after an altercation over the incident the woman drove her car at the young man and killed him. She was jailed for 25 years.

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