HIT & RUN VAN DRIVER TRIED TO KILL COUPLE

Eight years for company boss who targeted his victims

- JAMES BUGLER

A COMPANY boss caught on his own dashcam carrying out a horrifying hit and run has been jailed for more than eight years.

Barry Walker attempted to murder Samantha Webster, 36, and her boyfriend Gerald Brown, 26, by driving the white Mercedes van towards them as they chatted to two friends.

Samantha suffered serious leg injuries, while Gerald escaped with minor injuries.

Walker was then caught on the dashcam racing off from the scene in Auchinairn, Glasgow before the equipment also recorded him calling a friend.

He was heard boasting how he "ran them over" and had "skelped" Samantha before stating he would have to ditch his van.

The incident, in July 2021, was said to have been sparked by a disturbance in a ScotMid store the night before.