Three guilty of killing woman in Falkirk car attack

Amy Rose Wilson was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash in 2023

A drug dealer and his two accomplices have been convicted of killing a woman and endangering the life of her boyfriend in a car attack in Falkirk.

Arslan Sajid, 24, drove a Mercedes which struck the back of a vehicle driven by Amy Rose Wilson, 27, in New Carron Road in July 2023.

Sajid and his associates Andrew Gregoire, 29, and Anthony Davidson, 32, had earlier confronted the duo in the town.

The trio, who were originally charged with murder, were found guilty of the lesser charge of culpable homicide and will be sentenced on 1 May .

Jurors at the High Court in Edinburgh saw CCTV footage of Sajid driving a few yards behind the car which Amy Rose was travelling in with her partner Ryan Paterson.

This came a short time after Sajid said Ms Wilson and Mr Paterson had stolen five kilos of cannabis which belonged to him.

Sajid and his sidekicks - who all hail from London - followed the deceased and her partner from a car park in Cumbernauld.

The court heard how the three men smashed the windows of Ms Wilson's car, threatening to kill them.

Sajid then pursued Ms Wilson's car and struck the vehicle causing it to spin onto the other side of the road moments before it struck another car, killing Ms Wilson.

The three men were also accused of the attempted murder of Mr Paterson but were found guilty of severely assaulting him to the danger of his life.

The jury also convicted the trio and a fourth man, Steven Hornsby, 55, of conspiring to rob "persons" of drugs and money in the days leading up to Ms Wilson's death at locations across the UK.

Smashed windows

During proceedings, the court heard Sajid say he and his accomplices had travelled from Essex with 10kg (22lb) of cannabis to sell to a Glasgow dealer.

Sajid told prosecutor Alan Cameron KC that the dealer said he was only going to buy half of the cannabis, as he thought the other five kilos did not meet quality standards.

Sajid added: "He said he would sell the other five kilos for us."

Sajid then said that a buyer for the sub-standard five kilos was found and the hand over was going to take place in the car park of a branch of B&Q in Cumbernauld.

The court heard that Sajid expected that he would receive £17,000 once the buyers had taken possession of the cannabis.

However, he said the expected handover of cash did not happen.

The court heard evidence that the car containing the drugs was being driven by Amy Rose Wilson.

Sajid said he then followed the car to Falkirk which stopped in Foundry Street.

The court heard evidence that masked men got out of the Mercedes and smashed the windows of the car shouting threats at Ms Wilson and Mr Paterson.

'Not meant to be like that'

Sajid said that he only wanted the Vectra to stop so he could "get my stuff back" and that his co-accused didn't smash the windows of Ms Wilson's car.

He said that when he got out of the car, both Gregoire and Davidson - who had been travelling with him - followed him and tried to restrain him.

Sajid then said he got back into the car and followed it.

He said: "I clipped the Vectra. It spun out into the other lane."

Mr Cameron asked: "What did you do?"

Sajid replied: "I just continued driving. I heard a loud bang. I didn't appreciate how serious the incident was."

He said that when he read that Ms Wilson had died he "felt sick."

He said: "I wanted to throw up. It was an accident.

"It was not my intention for her to die. It was not meant to be like that."

Judge Lady Drummond remanded all four accused in custody and called for background reports.