William Stewart, from Paisley, ploughed into the innocent youngster after mounting the pavement in his dirty Iveco van.
A farmer who blamed children for alleged vandalism on his land mowed down a 12-year-old boy in a horror hit and run. William Stewart ploughed into the innocent youngster after mounting the pavement in his dirty Iveco van.
He had earlier been convicted at a trial in Paisley of attempted murder. In his closing speech to jurors, prosecutor Graeme Jessop KC had stated: "It was a brutal attack on a 12-year-old boy. Stewart came back to the farm and was "enraged". The youngsters spotted him and ran off, but the victim tripped and ended up behind the others.
Mr Jessop said: "Stewart went after the children in his van, reversed then sped down the farm track. He did not slow for a left turn, spied the boy and deliberately swerved his van towards him. He swerved off the road onto the kerb, over the pavement into a driveway where struck the boy." The boy was initially not able to stand back up. He was "screaming" in pain, his shoe was burst and there was a trail of blood. One woman saw the attack and described Stewart "full-on hitting" the boy. A friend of the victim said the youngster was struck "on purpose".
The court heard Stewart had previously threatened to a witness in June 2022 that he would "run down" a child following complaints of six months of alleged vandalism to windows and a tractor at his farm. Mr Jessop: "Lo and behold, that is exactly what he does."
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