Overview
- Stephen Bates, 42, has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denies murder at Liverpool Crown Court.
- The prosecution says he returned in a Ford Fiesta and drove straight at Mr O'Donovan outside his sister's home in Woolton.
- Jurors heard that Bates was extremely intoxicated and had issued threats during a 12-minute car journey earlier that night.
- Evidence presented included injuries consistent with being run over at least once and statements he made to police at the scene.
- The incident followed a drunken altercation at a 70th birthday gathering, and the trial is expected to last up to three weeks.