Man left to die in windscreen

A drunk woman driver who drove home with a man trapped in her windscreen has been charged with murder after she left him in her garage to die.

Police initially thought the battered body found in a Texas park was the victim of a hit-and-run accident.

However, Chante Mallard has now been charged with murder after running down 37-year-old Gregory Biggs and leaving him trapped in the broken windscreen for two days until he bled to death.

Police say the accident left the man's body hanging over the dashboard and his broken legs trailing across the bonnet of her Chevrolet Cavalier. Mallard, 25, ignored his pleas for help and drove home.

After putting away her car, she occasionally went back to check him, apologising but still refusing to get medical assistance. When he died from shock and blood loss, she dumped his body in a local park.

In her confession, Mallard, a nursing assistant, admitted that she had been drinking heavily and taking ecstasy on the night of the accident in October.

"It seems she drove the four miles back to her house with Mr Biggs literally hanging out the windscreen," said Jesse Hernadez, of the Forth Worth police.

Describing her behaviour, prosecuting lawyer Richard Alpert said: "Indifferent isn't enough. Cruel isn't enough to say. Heartless? Inhumane? Maybe we've just redefined inhumanity here.''