In the United Kingdom, a man has been found guilty of the murder of a school headteacher who was trapped under a vehicle and dragged for more than a mile. As reported by the broadcaster BBC News, the defendant Simon Richardson, a 35-year-old of no fixed abode, was convicted of the killing of Michael Mullins, the 56-year-old head of Stretford Grammar School, who was struck while cycling home.

The events date back to the evening of 20 April in the village of Warburton, in the Greater Manchester metropolitan area. According to what was reconstructed during the trial, the driver failed to comply with a give-way sign at an intersection in his SUV, colliding with the victim. After the initial impact, the driver drove away without providing immediate assistance.

During the trial, the prosecution argued that the man stopped on a country lane trying to free the cyclist before driving off again, running him over once more in reverse. The teacher's body was subsequently found by a motorcyclist in Lymm, Cheshire. Emergency services arriving at the scene later confirmed death from crush injuries.

Richardson, arrested the following day after a police chase, denied the charges, claiming he had not noticed the man's presence under the car. The jurors rejected the defence's argument. The judge announced a sentence of life imprisonment, the formalisation of which is scheduled at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.