Shropshire Star

How the life of young Rebecca Steer was cruelly cut short by a murderous driver

The "unfair and senseless" death of a young woman who was mowed down and killed by a murderous driver in Oswestry town centre left a community in mourning.

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The day of Rebecca's funeral brought out scores of mourners

Rebecca Steer, whose life was cut short by the actions of Stephen McHugh in Oswestry on October 9 last year, had never met her killer before he mowed her down outside the Grill Out takeaway, and had simply been "an innocent bystander".

The 22-year-old from Llanymynech, on the Wales/Shropshire border, was enjoying a night out in Oswestry with friends when she was killed.

The law student had just started a new relationship with boyfriend Huw Evans who was out with her on the night she died.

Known to friends and family as Becca, Miss Steer had been studying criminal justice at Liverpool John Moores University.

Her tragic death caused shockwaves in her home village of Llanymynech.

Flowers laid in memory of Rebecca Steer