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Glasgow Times
10-07-2025
- Glasgow Times
Killer driver 'used vehicle as weapon' during Glasgow hit and run
Michael Day, 25, was ordered to serve at least 20 years in prison before he can apply to seek release on parole. A judge told Day at the High Court in Edinburgh: "This was a deliberate, sustained attack on two individuals in which you repeatedly used your vehicle as a weapon." (Image: Thomas Bowers) Lord Harrower said Day has shown "no remorse" for what he did and appeared to have no insight into his offending. The judge said that he was conscious that no sentence the court imposed could alleviate the suffering of the deceased's family. Day was earlier convicted of murdering Thomas Bowers and attempting to murder Stephen Byrne in a car attack in the early hours of April 14 in 2023 in the Springburn area of Glasgow. He drove onto a pavement at Petershill Road before mowing down the men and then driving again at the stricken victims. READ NEXT: Man raped and took indecent photos of 13-year-old girl on Christmas Day READ NEXT: Scottish actor who appeared in BBC River City accused of rape and assault (Image: Springburn murder) (Image: Springburn murder) Mr Bowers, 33, later died of injuries sustained in the attack and Mr Byrne, 53, was left seriously injured and permanently disfigured following the murder bid on him. Day, a prisoner, rammed them with a Vauxhall Astra minutes after a confrontation at a nearby flat. Day had been using a flat in the area for drug trafficking. The attack survivor told a court that before he was hit by the car he heard an engine revving. He said: "I remember trying to jump as the car came towards me." 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. (Image: Springburn murder) Drug offender 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. Defence counsel Mark Moir KC said: "On any view this was an appalling act of violence."
BBC News
10-07-2025
- BBC News
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 Day, 25, was ordered to serve at least 20 years in prison before he can apply for release on was earlier convicted of murdering Thomas Bowers and attempting to murder Stephen Byrne on 14 April in 2023 in the Springburn area of 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 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 Bowers, 33, later died of injuries sustained in the attack and Mr Byrne,53, was left seriously injured and permanently rammed them with a Vauxhall Astra minutes after a confrontation at a nearby flat which he had been using for drug 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 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 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 alleged that after the attack Day removed a sim card from a mobile phone and fled to a caravan park in Ayr.
