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Teen high on laughing gas jailed after using car as a weapon to kill mum-of-three
The jury found he used his car as a weapon and also seriously injured Shelley Davies’ partner, David Bratcher.
- On Friday, Mrs Justice Stacey sentenced Kian Bateman to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 17 years for the murder of 38-year-old Shelley Davies in Cardiff.
- Last September, Bateman drove his car at a group outside the 4th Glamorgan Home Guard Club while high on nitrous oxide, running over Davies and seriously injuring her partner, David Bratcher.
- Justice Stacey found Bateman did not intend to harm Davies but was guilty of murder because she lay in the path of his deliberate attack on Bratcher.
- In a statement read to the court, Bratcher called Davies "the person I loved, my best friend," while family members described the Reiki healer as a "force of nature."
- Beyond the prison sentence, Bateman was disqualified from driving for 21 years and 109 days and must pass an extended re-test before legally operating a vehicle.
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right3Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution37% Left, 36% Center
Bias Distribution
- 37% of the sources lean Left, 36% of the sources are Center
37% Left
L 37%
C 36%
R 27%
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