Lauren Lyle is best known for her role as Marsali MacKimmie Fraser in hit time-travelling drama Outlander and, most recently, as the titular detective in Karen Pirie.
14.08.2023 - 13:29 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A speeding driver killed a much-loved mother as she returned home from work. Francisco Suarez-Hughes struck Angela Marshall, 55, just a short distance from her front door in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, on January 13, 2022.
Crash investigators later concluded the 25-year-old could have been going at almost double the speed limit at the time in his Audi S3 Quattro. The self-employed plumber is now behind bars after he pled guilty today to causing Angela's death by dangerous driving. He will be sentenced next month.
The fatal collision occurred in Croftfoot Road in Rutherglen around 6.20pm that night. Angela stayed nearby on Bowhouse Drive. She had just got off the bus having finished her shift at a city centre shop.
Suarez-Hughes, a first offender, was driving in the area at the same time. A dog walker spotted the blue Audi that night and described whoever was behind the wheel as "definitely putting his foot down".
Prosecutor Eric Robertson told the High Court in Glasgow: "Angela Marshall began to cross the road towards her home. Suarez-Hughes was driving his Audi westbound. The speed limit was 30mph. As she was crossing, he struck her with his vehicle. The impact caused her to be thrown."
Suarez-Hughes, of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, got out and dialled 999 stating: "I have just knocked someone down and I think I have killed her."
Other witnesses also helped Angela including an off-duty nurse, who happened to be a neighbour of Suarez-Hughes'. He told her that he had not seen the mum "until the last minute" and "did not mean it".
Angela did not recover despite attempts to save her at the scene. The court heard she suffered "multiple injuries". The charge stated Suarez-Hughes drove at "grossly excessive speed" while approaching a
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