Woman dies in 'deliberate' crash

Margaret Borris was hit by the car as she walked along King Street

A murder inquiry has been launched after an Irvine woman was deliberately hit by a car in Paisley on Monday.

Margaret Borris was walking along King Street with her 20-year-old son at about 1100 BST when she was hit by a Volkswagen Polo, which was driven off.

The 39-year-old mother-of-three was taken to the Royal Alexandra Hospital, where she died a short time later.

Strathclyde Police said it was studying CCTV footage to trace the culprit, and appealed for witnesses to come forward.

Det Insp Allan Woods said: "Inquiries are ongoing into the circumstances surrounding the death and officers are continuing to study CCTV footage to trace the person responsible.

"I am extremely encouraged by the response from members of the public so far.

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"But we would still like to hear from anyone who may have been walking, driving or travelling within a bus or car at the scene who may have witnessed the incident or may have seen the car driving away."

DCI John Weir told BBC Scotland that the hit and run was being treated as a deliberate act because of the statements given to police.

"Witnesses at the scene have told us that the direction and force that the vehicle drove over the woman, in their view, was a deliberate act," he said.

"The driver could have stopped at the time to check if the woman was alright but the driver didn't - having knocked her down once, the driver ran over her again and didn't stop.

"The motive for this incident is unknown."

He said the victim was originally from the Paisley area but had moved to Ayrshire with her 20-year-old son and two younger children.