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'Snigger' claim in car death case 'Snigger' claim in car death case
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The trial of a woman accused of a hit-and-run murder in Renfrewshire has heard that she drove at the victim after she sniggered at her.The trial of a woman accused of a hit-and-run murder in Renfrewshire has heard that she drove at the victim after she sniggered at her.
Robert Mullen told the High Court in Glasgow that his former partner, Rona MacKenzie, made the admission to him.Robert Mullen told the High Court in Glasgow that his former partner, Rona MacKenzie, made the admission to him.
Ms MacKenzie, 45, denies deliberately driving over Margaret Borris, 39, in King Street, Paisley, on 7 July.Ms MacKenzie, 45, denies deliberately driving over Margaret Borris, 39, in King Street, Paisley, on 7 July.
Ms Borris's former partner, James Wandrum, 52, also denies attacking the 39-year-old. The trial continues.Ms Borris's former partner, James Wandrum, 52, also denies attacking the 39-year-old. The trial continues.
The court was told that in a police statement Mr Mullen said: "Rona told me she had knocked her down. I said who and she said: 'That Maggie one'.The court was told that in a police statement Mr Mullen said: "Rona told me she had knocked her down. I said who and she said: 'That Maggie one'.
"I told her I thought Maggie was dead. She said that the lassie was Maggie and she had pushed the front of her car and sniggered at her."I told her I thought Maggie was dead. She said that the lassie was Maggie and she had pushed the front of her car and sniggered at her.
"She gave her a wee bump with the car. She said Maggie sniggered again so she just put it into first and drove over her.""She gave her a wee bump with the car. She said Maggie sniggered again so she just put it into first and drove over her."
Initially Mr Mullen claimed that he could not remember what Ms MacKenzie allegedly had told him.
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Initially Mr Mullen claimed that he could not remember what Ms MacKenzie allegedly had told him.
When the police statement was put to him in court by the prosecution he accepted that it was true.When the police statement was put to him in court by the prosecution he accepted that it was true.
During cross-examination by defence QC Mark Stewart, Mr Mullen denied that he had lied about what Ms MacKenzie had said.During cross-examination by defence QC Mark Stewart, Mr Mullen denied that he had lied about what Ms MacKenzie had said.
The court also heard that Ms MacKenzie handed herself into police on 9 July.
Det Sgt Steven Adams told the jury that she was questioned for about two hours.
During the interview she answered most questions with no comment, but at one point she told police: "I don't have a car."
She said she used to have a Hyundai but that it had been written off two years earlier.
CCTV footage
Ms MacKenzie added: "I've not driven since then."
The jury was then shown CCTV footage taken from a Paisley garage on 6 July which appeared to show her driving a silver Volkwagen Polo.
Ms MacKenzie, of Foxbar, Paisley, denies murdering Ms Borris, from Irvine, by repeatedly driving and reversing over her while she was lying on the ground.Ms MacKenzie, of Foxbar, Paisley, denies murdering Ms Borris, from Irvine, by repeatedly driving and reversing over her while she was lying on the ground.
She also pleads not guilty to assaulting Ms Borris' son, Paul Wandrum, 20, by striking him on the body with her car.She also pleads not guilty to assaulting Ms Borris' son, Paul Wandrum, 20, by striking him on the body with her car.
She also denies attempting to defeat the ends of justice by trying to dispose of the car by submerging it in water at Threepwood Road, Beith.She also denies attempting to defeat the ends of justice by trying to dispose of the car by submerging it in water at Threepwood Road, Beith.
Ms MacKenzie and co-accused James Wandrum, 52, of Paisley, also deny assaulting Ms Borris on 14 June by striking her on the head with an unknown object, knocking her to the ground and repeatedly punching her on the head and body.Ms MacKenzie and co-accused James Wandrum, 52, of Paisley, also deny assaulting Ms Borris on 14 June by striking her on the head with an unknown object, knocking her to the ground and repeatedly punching her on the head and body.
Mr Wandrum also denies assaulting Ms Borris by punching her on the face, cutting the straps from her handbag and robbing her of cash.Mr Wandrum also denies assaulting Ms Borris by punching her on the face, cutting the straps from her handbag and robbing her of cash.