Man jailed for murdering pedestrian in hit and run attack

A driver who murdered a pedestrian and maimed another victim in a hit and run attack has been jailed for life.

Michael Day, 25, was ordered to serve at least 20 years in prison before he can apply for release on parole.

Day was earlier convicted of murdering Thomas Bowers and attempting to murder Stephen Byrne on 14 April in 2023 in the Springburn area of Glasgow.

Judge Lord Harrower said Day has shown "no remorse" for what he did and appeared to have no insight into his offending.

At the High Court in Edinburgh the judge said he was conscious no sentence the court imposed could alleviate the suffering of the deceased's family.

He described the crime as a "deliberate, sustained attack".

Day drove onto a pavement at Petershill Road before knocking down the men and then driving again at his victims.

Mr Bowers, 33, later died of injuries sustained in the attack and Mr Byrne,53, was left seriously injured and permanently disfigured.

Day rammed them with a Vauxhall Astra minutes after a confrontation at a nearby flat which he had been using for drug trafficking.

The attack survivor told a court that before he was hit by the car he heard an engine revving and remembered trying to jump out of the way.

He said he was drifting in and out of consciousness as he lay on the ground after he was struck. He asked people in the street to call an ambulance to come to their aid.

Day had denied committing the murder during the attack at Petershill Road at its junction with Auchinloch Street but was found guilty of the crime.

The court heard he continues to maintain his innocence.

Prosecutors alleged that after the attack Day removed a sim card from a mobile phone and fled to a caravan park in Ayr.