Man jailed for 30 years for using car as murder weapon

Martin Eastwood ran over Liam Dent with stolen Ford and dragged him behind the vehicle for half a mile in revenge for altercation outside pub

A driver who hit a pedestrian with a car and dragged him for more than half a mile has been jailed for at least 30 years for the cruel" murder.

Martin Eastwood, 22, used a stolen Ford S-Max as a weapon to kill 25-year-old Liam Dent in revenge for a minor confrontation outside a pub. Having knocked Dent down, Eastwood, from Epsom, Surrey, drove at speeds of up to 32mph, dragging his screaming victim along in the early hours of 26 July 2019.