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There were cheers of 'yes' in court as a man who drunkenly ran over his girlfriend's brother on the night they first met was found guilty of murder.

Stephen Bates got behind the wheel of his Ford Fiesta and hit Martin O'Donovan outside his sister's home in Woolton, Liverpool, following his mum's 70th birthday on April 18 this year, the Liverpool Echo reported.

While the two were initially said to have "hit it off straight away" at the party, they later became embroiled in a punch up when the 42-year-old defendant apparently insisted on driving home, despite having downed a cocktail of Jagerbombs, Stella Artois, Red Bull and vodka.

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Bates then allegedly threatened that he would "pay someone to come and get" the

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