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Driver who killed four-year-old after 'ramming' car following drinking session cleared of murder
Owen and Patrick Maughan pursued a family vehicle while intoxicated, leading to a crash that killed 4-year-old Peter Maughan and left another man paralysed, court heard.
- On Thursday , the jury at Maidstone Crown Court cleared both men of murder after more than 17 hours of deliberation, while Owen Maughan, 27, had pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
- Video filmed by Hayley Maughan shows the confrontation developing as the vehicles travelled on the A2, after the men had been drinking in Rochester and during a phone threat saying 'I'm going to ram them.'
- At about 60mph, Owen Maughan clipped the pick-up, causing it to rotate and roll up to three times with a child's pushchair wedged under the vehicle, court hears.
- Judge Oliver Saxby KC remanded both defendants and said he needed more background information before passing a likely lengthy sentence, thanking the jury for their care in an upsetting case.
- The judge instructed jurors that murder required them to be 'sure' Owen intended serious harm, while defence counsel argued his act was a 'split second' choice without direct evidence of intent.
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perspectivemedia.comDriver who killed four-year-old boy in pick-up truck crash cleared of murder
Peter Maughan died in June last year after the incident in Dartford, Kent.
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Owen Maughan: Driver who killed four-year-old after 'ramming' car cleared of murder
Maughan had previously admitted the manslaughter of the child, Peter Maughan, after chasing the car he was in for several miles in Dartford following a heavy drinking session last June.
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