McMurdock won the seat at the general election by 98 votes. The Labour candidate came second, and the incumbent Conservative Stephen Metcalfe finished third.
After the election result, the Daily Mail said it spoke to the victim’s mother, and McMurdock released a statement in response.
He said he was 19 years old at the time, that both of them were “very drunk” and that he handed himself into police “immediately”.
“I faced the consequences then and paid for my action in full,” he said.
“It was the realisation of what happened that night and the shame I felt over it that led me to turn my life around.”
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10-year-old Poppy Atkinson was killed when she was struck by a car during a training session at Kendal Rugby Club in Cumbria. Clubs from Leeds to London
The high court, sitting in Liverpool, heard Uefa had relied upon the principle that English courts will not inquire into the legality of actions by foreign gove
Caption: Alan Shearer?s Premier League predictions credit: Getty / Metro After some impressive results for English sides in Europe the focus is