Glasgow, February 04: A woman who killed a father-of-two in Glasgow with a single punch has been jailed for six years and nine months.
Kayleigh Murray, 20, from Shettleston, admitted the culpable homicide of 29-year-old Paul Woods in the city’s Maryhill Road, on 28 July last year.
She punched Mr Woods after he chased her friend, 19-year-old Chelsea Speirs, who had just stolen his alcohol.
Speirs, from Springboig, was jailed for two years and three months after admitting stealing Mr Woods’ alcohol. Both women were originally charged with murder, but the Crown accepted their pleas to reduced charges.
At an earlier hearing, the High Court in Glasgow heard how Mr Woods had stopped to buy drink at a local shop as he and a friend walked home from watching Celtic’s match against Braga in a Glasgow pub.
As he was waiting outside the shop he was approached by Speirs who, on seeing the bag containing alcohol, said: “What’s that you’ve got there?” She then attempted to grab the bag and a struggle ensued which ended with Speirs walking off with the bag.
Mr Woods then attempted to go after Speirs, and as he did so Murray walked up to him and punched him on the right cheek. This caused him to fall backwards and strike the left side of his head off the road.
Woods immediately lost consciousness and did not move again.
–Agencies–