A man drove over his wife twice leaving her with horrific injuries after claiming she had "embarrassed" him, a court heard. William Budge, from Edinburgh, drove his car straight at Sandra Budge, who had left him, colliding with her and then he returned to hit her again.
The 62-year-old admitted assaulting his spouse on April 14 last year to cause her severe injury, permanent disfigurement and impairment and to the danger of her life and attempting to murder her, when he appeared at the High Court in Edinburgh on January 6.
During the attack, he seized her by the body, tried to take her mobile phone and repeatedly attempted to force her into his car before driving directly at her, striking her, knocking her to the ground and driving over her. He drove away but returned to where she lay on the ground and drove the car over her again during the murder bid at Muirhouse Parkway, in Edinburgh.
Budge also pleaded guilty to assaulting the victim on a previous occasion between April 2016 and April the following year, when he put his hands around her throat. On top of this he admitted pursuing a course of abusive behaviour towards her between April 2019 and April last year when he shouted and swore at her, called her names, prodded her on the head with his fingers, pushed her onto a bed and subjected her to excessive text messages and calls.
