Claims extracted
25
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
12%
3 of 25 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
hedging, across everything collected from it. Not a measure of accuracy.
Outlets on this story
1
Crime & Law
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articles that frame the event the way this one does
A van driver who mounted a kerb and killed a pedestrian has blamed his dog for distracting him and causing the crash.
asserted
who → mount → crash
Craig Wilson, 29, was struck by Joseph Gorman’s vehicle along with his fiancée Hannah Duddy, her mother Yvonne Duddy and their dog in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, on April 1, 2023.
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Wilson → strike → April
Mr Wilson, of Motherwell, died as did the pet while Mrs Duddy was badly hurt in the incident on the A726 Glasgow Road.
Gorman now faces a jail-term after being convicted of causing death by dangerous driving at the High Court in Glasgow.
asserted
Gorman → die → Glasgow
The 50-year-old, of Strathaven, accepted being responsible for the tragedy but insisted his driving had been careless rather than dangerous.
asserted
driving → accept → tragedy
The tradesman said he took his Jack Russell in his van as he planned to take her on a walk.
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he → say → walk
But he failed to use a restraint to keep the pet still.
asserted
he → fail → pet
Craig Wilson died after a being hit by a van while walking with his partner and her mother in Strathaven
Jurors heard Gorman initially veered across the road due to the dog’s movement inside the van before continuing to drive.
He told the trial: ‘She (the dog) was agitated but not as bad as the second time when the accident occurred.
asserted
accident → die → time
Something caught her eye.’
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Something → catch → eye
His van ended up drifting across the road, failed to follow the bend and mounted the kerb to cause the tragedy.
Gorman said the dog had put her paws on his legs before the collision leading to him being distracted for ‘a split second’.
But advocate depute Lindsey Dalziel suggested to him it was for ‘much longer’ than that.
uncertain
it → end → that
She also said it was an ‘obvious risk’ having an unrestrained dog beside him.
asserted
it → say → him
Gorman accepted he should have ‘clipped her in’.
asserted
he → accept → her
Ms Dalziel concluded: ‘The distraction was not momentary.
asserted
distraction → conclude → ?
You continued driving until you parked the van without the handbrake on, which could have been catastrophic as well.’
uncertain
which → continue → handbrake
The vehicle rolled back after Gorman got out before hitting a telegraph pole.
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Gorman → roll → pole
Gorman earlier told his lawyer Euan Dow that when he got out he heard two women screaming.
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women → tell → lawyer
He added: ‘I went to the male first.
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I → add → male
There was nothing I could do.
uncertain
I → be → ?
I checked to see if he was breathing, but he was not.
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he → check → ?
‘I think I went into shock after that.
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I → think → that
It is horrible for everyone involved.’
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It → involve → everyone
Gorman was said to have told a witness at the scene that the ‘sun was in my eyes’ adding ‘my dog jumped on me’.
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dog → say → me
Asked by Mr Dow how he felt about what happened, Gorman replied: ‘It is just horrible.
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It → ask → Dow
‘I think about it every day, Mr Wilson and his family as well as how he was going to get married to Ms Duddy.’
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he → think → Duddy
Lady Anwar continued bail ahead of sentencing next month.
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Anwar → continue → sentencing
She also banned Gorman from driving in the meantime.
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She → ban → meantime
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