The BBC usually have impeccable editorial. But check this out on today's news website:
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Woman guilty of hit-and-run death
A woman is facing life imprisonment after being found guilty of the hit-and-run murder of a mother-of-three.
Rona Mackenzie, 45, denied deliberately hitting Margaret Borris, 39, with a car and reversing over her in Paisley's King Street in July.
It took a jury just 90 minutes to find her guilty of both charges at the High Court in Glasgow.
Earlier, the court had heard how trouble between the two women - who both had children by 50-year-old James Wandrum - was sparked when his dog was injured while Ms Borris was walking it.
During a chance sighting on 7 July, MacKenzie lost her temper with Ms Borris, drove at her and then reversed the car over her.
The court heard that afterwards, MacKenzie tried to cover up the crime by driving the car to a reservoir near Beith and dumping it. The partly-submerged vehicle was later found by an angler who contacted the police.
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Did ya get that? "WOMAN guilty of hit-and-run death". "A WOMAN is facing life imprisonment after being found guilty of the hit-and-run murder of a MOTHER-of-three."
Oh, and hidden somewhere below that is the fact that the MURDERING WOMAN is in fact a MOTHER herself.
So why didn't the headline say "Insanely Jealous Mother Kills Another Mother"? Could it possibly be because Mothers can only ever be victims and murderers can only ever be Women?
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