Son describes hit-and-run death

Ms Borris died after being struck by a car in Paisley in July

The son of a woman who died after being struck by a car in Renfrewshire has told a court that she was deliberately run over and killed.

At the High Court in Glasgow, Paul Wandrum, 20, said that Rona MacKenzie drove at his mother Margaret Borris, 39, and reversed over her three times.

Ms MacKenzie, 45, denies the offence in King Street, Paisley, on 7 July.

Ms Borris's former partner, James Wandrum, 52, also denies attacking the 39-year-old. The trial continues.

Charges denied

Mr Wandrum told the court that he was struck on the right knee by a silver car driven by Ms MacKenzie and fell to his knees.

He said the car was then driven at his mother who was hit and thrown onto the bonnet.

Mr Wandrum told the jury the car carried his mother for some distance before she fell onto the roadway.

He then claimed the car drove over her three times and reversed back.

The court was told that Ms Borris was taken to Paisley's Royal Alexandra Hospital, but died shortly after arriving there.

During cross-examination, he denied a suggestion by defence QC Mark Stewart that this had been a terrible accident.

Ms MacKenzie, of Foxbar, Paisley, denies murdering Ms Borris, from Irvine, by repeatedly driving and reversing over her while she was lying on the ground.

She also pleads not guilty to assaulting Paul Wandrum, 20, by striking him on the body with her car.

She also denies attempting to defeat the ends of justice by trying to dispose of the car by submerging it in water at Threepwood Road, Beith.

Ms MacKenzie and co-accused James Wandrum, 52, of Paisley, also deny assaulting Ms Borris on 14 June by striking her on the head with an unknown object, knocking her to the ground and repeatedly punching her on the head and body.

Mr Wandrum also denies assaulting Ms Borris by punching her on the face, cutting the straps from her handbag and robbing her of cash.