"Mr Gilheaney drove into two men in a "clearly homophobic attack" and narrowly missed a family walking with their child in a pushchair, the prosecution said."
""He clipped the one who was on the edge of the pavement; the other man, who was a little further back, was run over and thrown into the air," Mr Aylett KC told the jury."
"Crispin Aylett KC said Mr Gilheaney left a "trail of carnage" during his "drink-fuelled" rage. He said the defendant had already targeted one man out of racism before he "deliberately drove across the street intending to kill someone"."
"During his arrest, according to the prosecution, he told officers: "I am so sorry for everything I have ever done. I will admit to everything. I am guilty. I am sorry.""
Anthony Gilheaney, 30, left a nightclub in Shaftesbury Avenue with two friends and began insulting and attacking strangers. He then got into his car and drove into multiple passers-by in London's West End during the early hours of Christmas Day. Two men were struck in attacks described as homophobic and racist, and a family with a pushchair was narrowly missed. Aidan Chapman, 25, was hit full-on, suffered catastrophic brain injuries, and died in hospital on New Year's Eve. Gilheaney was arrested in Lincoln's Inn Fields and is charged with murder and three counts of attempted murder; he allegedly made apologetic admissions to officers and later said he could not remember.
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