The message dad will never forget after daughter, 22, murdered outside takeaway

A dad has said his life "changed forever" when he received a call to say his daughter was not breathing after she was deliberately hit by a car. Rebecca Steer, 22, who dreamed of being a detective, was in her last year of at Liverpool John Moores University when she was hit by the Volvo.

She suffered catastrophic internal injuries, including multiple rib fractures, and died in hospital. The driver of the Volvo, Stephen McHugh, 28, who used to live in Fazakerley, Liverpool, mounted the pavement and used his vehicle as a "battering ram" and treated pedestrians "like they were human skittles".

He has been sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 18 years after being convicted of murder and attempting to cause grievous bodily harm with intent. The incident happened outside a takeaway in Willow Street, Oswestry, on October 9th last year, the Echo reports.

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Rebecca's dad described in his statement read at Stafford Crown Court the moment the family was told Ms Steel had been injured. He said: "I heard the words 'get to town as fast as you can, Becky's been knocked down and she's not breathing'. That's when our lives changed forever. I am unable to express how I or my family feel.

"The way in which Becca was taken from us was such an abhorrent attack we will never recover from the loss. Six months on and I can't comprehend it has happened. She will never be the detective she was desperate to be, she will never marry, she will never have children.

"We will never be a family again, nothing will be the same again. There is a void in our family and our beautiful Becca will never be replaced."

Rebecca's mum said her death has left a "forever void". She added: