Life for criminal who kicked taxi driver to death

A CAREER criminal who kicked a taxi driver to death has been jailed for at least 16 years after a “double jeopardy” murder trial.

- By Sarah Ward

Steven Greig, 47, left Mark Ward, 55, severely disabled after the attack in Dundee on April 6, 2022, and died in 2023.

Greig, who was high on drugs and on five bail orders at the time, punched the taxi driver to the ground after he refused to give him a cigarette, causing Mr Ward to fall down a steep embankment and hit his head.

Greig then kicked him in the head repeatedly before walking away, the court heard.

Trial

Mr Ward suffered a traumatic head injury and required round-the-clock care before he died on April 5, 2023, in Ninewells Hospital in Dundee.

Greig pleaded guilty to assault following the attack and was sentenced on December 9, 2022, to five years and four months, but he was later convicted of murder under double jeopardy laws fol-lowing his victim’s death.