Four men got my daughter killed & one of them was her abusive lover, says Amy-Rose Wilson's mum
THE heartbroken mum of a woman killed in a horror car chase blasted her girl's abusive boyfriend for forcing her to get behind the wheel.
Joan Campbell, 62, insisted Ryan Patterson, 23, was as much to blame for her daughter Amy-Rose Wilson's death as the three maniacs who rammed her motor off the road.
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Joan Campbell said her daughter 'died a hero' and slammed her abusive boyfriend
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Amy-Rose sustained fatal injuries in the crash
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Anthony Davidson was found guilty of culpable homicide
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Andrew Gregoire faces sentencing at the High Court in Glasgow on May 21
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Arslan Sajid drove a Mercedes which struck the back of the car
The XL Bully breeder was in the passenger seat and survived having ordered Amy-Rose, 27, to drive him away from the drug thugs.
Now he has been caged for three years for sickening campaigns of domestic abuse against the young mum plus four other women after Joan alerted cops.
A drug dealer and two accomplices face sentencing later this month after being found guilty of culpable homicide over Amy-Rose's death.
But Joan, of Bo'ness, near Falkirk, said: 'As far as I am concerned four men were responsible for my daughter's death — the three convicted and Paterson.
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'My daughter died a hero for trying to get him away from his attackers in a car she had been forced to drive.
'She must have been terrified. He's lured her into this world, through manipulation and control.
'The main victim is her eight-year-old son, left without a mummy. It breaks our hearts.'
Paterson last month admitted the abuse of five victims between 2019 and last year.
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The thug strangled, kicked and punched one of his victims — and threatened to chop her up while brandishing a machete.
Paterson choked one of his exes with his hands until she started to turn purple, Falkirk Sheriff Court heard. Sheriff Craig Harris added: 'You brandished a knife at her and threatened to chop her up.'
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He branded the brute 'a serial domestic abuser' with a 'complete disregard for women.'
Describing his abuse of Amy-Rose, the law chief said: 'You were abusive towards her, aggressive in her presence, damaged property and were controlling of her and assaulted her.'
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Falkirk Sheriff Court heard he forced another woman to take up drugs — and branded one of his victims a 'stupid wee cow'.
He faces a non-harassment order meaning he can not contact his victims plus 12 months' supervision on his release.
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Joan insisted Ryan Patterson was partly to blame for Amy-Rose's death
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Amy-Rose 'had no idea she was in danger'
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Retired nurse Joan told how the thug may have been swayed by toxic influencer Andrew Tate.
She said: 'This misogyny rubbish, they always go on about getting the girl to drive.
'My daughter was essentially the controlled girlfriend.'
Joan recalled being aware Amy-Rose was seeing Paterson in the months before her death but had no idea she was in danger.
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Edinburgh High Court previously heard how Amy-Rose's killers confronted her and Paterson over claims they had stolen five kilos of cannabis — and shouted at them: 'You're f*****g dead.'
Moments later she sped away from a car park in Cumbernauld.
Arslan Sajid, 24, drove a Mercedes which
Joan told how she learned of Amy-Rose's death while at a wedding in Wales.
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She said: 'Nothing can prepare you for that. Initially we didn't know anything about it being related to drugs. How did my baby get involved in this? She wasn't in that world. It was utter shock.'
Joan later raised the alarm after discovering the shocking state of her daughter's flat.
She added: 'There were holes punched in the walls and kicked in the internal doors.
'I thought, 'if this is what he has done, it is domestic abuse'.
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'The dog paraphernalia lying around in the flat was awful.
'I just thought, 'Amy doesn't live like this, this isn't right' and told the police. They found other girls he'd abused too - and now we've got a conviction. He's a danger to women.'
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Paying tribute to her daughter, Joan said: 'Amy-Rose was always smiling. She was very beautiful and was always kind to her friends.
'Amy-Rose was an animal lover and wanted to work from horses from when she started riding at the age of nine.'
Sajid faces sentencing with associates Andrew Gregoire, 29, plus Anthony Davidson, 32 at the High Court in Glasgow on May 21.
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