A van driver who ran over and killed a mum after a row over oral sex has been jailed for four years.
The convict identified as James Martin, 27, reportedly accelerated away with 38-year-old Stella Frew hanging onto the side of his white van in July last year, after refusing to pay her £50 for oral sex.
As he zigzagged through parked cars, Ms Frew hit a car and fell under the rear wheels of the van. Martin sped away and left Ms Frew to die in Tonfield Road, Sutton, South London.
Prosecuting officer, Jonathan Polnay said the mum-of-two “seemed to have a tyre mark vertically up her back, from her pelvis to her neck”.
Martin was said to have met Ms Frew after he shared with his partner. After he wolf-whistled the deceased, he pulled over and Ms Frew leaned into the van to him oral sex. They got involved in an argument when she asked for £50 and he said it was too much.
An eyewitness said Martin accelerated away while Ms Frew was leaning into the van window. He swerved from left to right before hitting an Audi and running over Ms Frew.
Police later found evidence of a used condom and cigarette paper containing DNA belonging to Martin and Ms Frew. Following his arrest, Martin told police: “What have I done? It wasn’t me. I didn’t do it.”
Polnay noted that Martin initially told officers he had no connection with Ms Frew, claiming he was at work that day and it was “a case of mistaken identity”. He said “the carefully-crafted statement is a lie complete with a false alibi.”
Giving evidence, Martin claimed he was at the junction ready to pull out when Ms Frew opened the passenger door and offered to perform a “blow job”. The convict eventually agreed and drove to a car park “where the act took place outside of the vehicle”.
He said;
“As it was happening I realised that I shouldn’t be doing it, I wanted to stop doing it and as I told her that, I believe she wanted to carry on, I didn’t want to do it anymore.
“We had a little bit of an argument about doing it and not doing it. I then get back into my vehicle, she walks round to the passenger side.
“She did get into the vehicle, I told her to get out.”
He said they started arguing after she said “that’s got to be worth £50”. “I was shocked,” Martin said. “I said something like you must be joking. I then took the condom back off of her and I threw it away.”
Martin said he drove away and didn’t realise Ms Frew was hanging onto the van. Mr Polnay said;
“Even if the first part of your account was true, you must have immediately realised that something had happened, because you must have felt your van drive over her at 15 to 20 miles an hour.”
Martin was jailed for four-and-a-half years and also disqualified from driving for four years. Judge Richard Marks QC, the Common Serjeant of London, said his behaviour was “cheap, cynical and disdainful”.
Marks said;
“Thinking only of yourself, you drove as she ran straight towards you in circumstances where as you well knew she was close to the passenger window, hanging on to it.
“Focused as you were only on yourself you were totally oblivious to the obvious risk she was subjected to as you drove off in order not to pay a penny for what she had done for you.
“I heard moving victim impact statements read out to the court from Stella Frew’s two adult daughters. She was clearly a much loved mother-of-two and grandmother-of-four and her loss was felt by the entire family.
“In many ways, she had a sad life. One thing is clear: she did not deserve to die in the way she did.”
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