Overview
- A Cardiff Crown Court jury on Friday found 19-year-old Kian Bateman guilty of murdering Shelley Davies and guilty of grievous bodily harm with intent against David Bratcher, while acquitting him of attempting to murder Bratcher.
- Outside Ely’s Home Guard club on September 27, 2025, Bateman accelerated his Seat Ibiza into a crowd seconds after his brother punched Davies to the ground, running over her and striking Bratcher before driving off.
- Davies died at University Hospital of Wales on October 18, 2025 after surgery and severe complications, with doctors recording multiple organ failure and polytrauma as the cause.
- CCTV shown at trial captured Bateman inhaling nitrous oxide, a Class C drug that can affect control, before surging forward, and police later found his abandoned car with canisters on the passenger seat.
- Under UK law, deliberately driving at someone can satisfy intent for murder when a car is used as a weapon, and Bateman will be sentenced on July 3.