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Michael Mullins murder: driver given life with 25-year minimum

Daily Record's court footage shows Mrs Justice Brunner delivering sentence before a detective asks the public to remember the headteacher rather than his killer.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 58,368 views a day, 16 times a normal first day on this channel (3,588).

Driver who DRAGGED cyclist under car for over a mile jailed for life

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0:01Mrs Justice Brunner identifies high culpability, previous driving offences and flight from police as aggravating factors.
2:45The judge rejects mitigation concerning premeditation, personal circumstances and remorse.
4:30Richardson receives life imprisonment with a 25-year minimum term, less time already spent in custody.
5:53DS Trisha Solomon remembers Mullins as a kind man cycling home from his longstanding school job.
7:16Solomon asks the public to remember Mullins and his legacy rather than the offender.

Michael Mullins was cycling home from the school where he had worked for 17 years when Simon Richardson hit him with his car. Daily Record's sentencing video moves from the judge's assessment of the murder to a police officer's appeal to keep Mullins's life and legacy in view.

Richardson dragged the Stretford Grammar School headteacher beneath his Volvo for more than a mile. Mrs Justice Brunner sentenced him to life imprisonment, setting a minimum term of 25 years, with time already spent in custody deducted.

"I regard your culpability as extremely high," the judge tells Richardson. The footage includes her consideration of his previous driving offences and flight from police, followed by her rejection of mitigation concerning premeditation and remorse. The sentence itself comes just after four and a half minutes.

The upload drew about 39,000 views in its first 11 hours, already far beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for regular videos.

Outside court, Detective Sergeant Trisha Solomon praises the conduct of Mullins's family and thanks the bystanders who tried to help him. She describes him as a kind man, then closes with a direct request: "Finally, I'd like you all to remember Michael. Do not remember the offender who's been found guilty of his murder."

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