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A killer driver who moved down his girlfriend's brother hours after downing Jagerbombs with him at a family birthday party has been jailed for life.

Stephen Bates ploughed into Martin O'Donovan, who lived in Birmingham , as the victim sat outside the house where his mum had been celebrating turning 70 in April.

The two men had met for the first time at the party in Liverpool and initially got on so well that relatives joked of a "bromance" . But they fought outside after Bates got drunk and wanted to drive himself home having rowed with his girlfriend Susanne Lewzey, the Liverpool Echo reported .

Bates, 42, finally agreed to be driven away by Mr O'Donovan's other sister but snatched the keys to his Ford Fiesta when she pulled up near his home. He then returned to th

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