Overview
- Kyle Patrick’s guilty plea, entered Friday at the High Court in Edinburgh, led the judge to remand him in custody.
- Investigators used a 4:30 am blood test showing more than three times the legal alcohol limit and speed logs from the car’s infotainment unit that reached 119 mph.
- The Ford Fiesta left the B9099 near Stanley around 2:10 am, rolled into a field, and came to rest on its roof, killing Erin Slane and injuring passenger Keira Jones.
- Minutes before the crash, Slane texted friends at 1:57 am and 2:05 am that she was scared and that the driver was drunk.
- Sentencing is set for June 9 at the High Court in Dundee after the court ordered a background report.