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ITV News
2 days ago
- ITV News
Driver cleared of murdering mum knocked off e-bike in Derbyshire
A driver has been acquitted of murdering a mother-of-one who died on a country lane after she was knocked off the back of an electric motorbike ridden by her boyfriend. Alana Armstrong, 25, died after being hit by a car driven by 23-year-old Keaton Muldoon in Batley Lane, Pleasley, Derbyshire. She died at the scene. Ms Armstrong's boyfriend Jordan Newton-Kay had to have his right leg amputated above the knee after the crash. Muldoon, of Tuckers Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, had admitted causing death by dangerous driving. He was cleared of murder, and of causing Mr Newton-Kay grievous bodily harm with intent following a trial at Derby Crown Court. His sentencing date has not been fixed by the court. Muldoon, who the court heard was a drug dealer, told the jury of 11 women and one man on Tuesday that he 'did not know' he had hit anyone while driving his Land Rover Discovery on the evening of 26 November last year. He said he thought he had overtaken Mr Newton-Kay's bike at a passing point. The prosecution alleged that Muldoon 'pursued' the couple, and another electric bike ridden by a friend of Mr Newton-Kay, after they stopped near the defendant's 4×4 at a lay-by. The defendant told the court he feared he was going to be robbed but did not 'chase' the Sur-Ron off-road bike for more than a mile from the lay-by in Sampsons Lane, Pleasley. Muldoon, who was father to a newborn baby at the time of the collision, told the court he lied to police that his uncle had possession of the Land Rover at the time of the collision because he was 'scared' about the murder investigation. He told the jury earlier this week: 'My head was all over, I didn't know what to think. 'I knew I wasn't going to see my children for a bit. I just had a newborn baby. I promised I would always be there.'
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Attempted murder arrests after two hit-and-runs
Five teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stolen Mini Cooper was allegedly deliberately driven at people on bikes. The car was involved in a hit-and-run after being driven into two boys riding a Sur-Ron electric motorbike at about 12:30 BST on Thursday on Teyfant Road in Bristol, Avon and Somerset Police said. At about 17:30 BST the same day it was also seen following a 19-year-old man on a scrambler-type off-road bike along Fulford Road, before colliding with him on Hareclive Road. The man was taken to hospital with facial injuries, while the two boys on the electric motorbike did not sustain serious injuries. All five suspects have been released on bail. Insp Terry Murphy said: "We are keeping an open mind about this investigation and at this time we believe the incidents are linked and we're treating the collisions as a deliberate act." More news stories for Bristol Watch the latest Points West Listen to the latest news for Bristol The black Mini Cooper is believed to have been stolen from a property in Speedwell overnight on 28 May, and was later found abandoned in Hillcrest. As well as attempted murder, one 16-year-old suspect was further arrested on suspicion of threatening a person with an offensive weapon, and for possessing a weapon for discharge of noxious liquid. Four of the suspects, two aged 18, one aged 17 and one aged 16, were additionally arrested on suspicion of having a corrosive substance in a public place and possession of a knife in a public place. Detectives are calling on anyone who saw the Mini in the area that day, saw either collision or who may have relevant dashcam or doorbell footage, to contact them. Insp Murphy said: "We want to reassure the community that we're carrying out a full and thorough investigation and we are taking these incidents extremely seriously." He added that there would be additional patrols by neighbourhood policing teams in the area in the coming days, as well as patrols by the mounted unit and the roads policing team. Follow BBC Bristol on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to us on email or via WhatsApp on 0800 313 4630. Avon and Somerset Police
Scotsman
04-06-2025
- General
- Scotsman
Communities play big role in fighting organised crime
Criminals involved in the recent activity have been using Sur-Ron type e-bikes The last three months have seen the city suffering the harmful effects of organised crime as we experienced a sustained series of criminal acts that have included properties and vehicles being set alight, discharges of firearms at residential properties and serious acts of violence and intimidation. Sign up to our daily newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... This has been amplified by the glorification of the activity through social media channels. These events have naturally excited much media interest, and I know it causes real concern to people living in the communities where these incidents have occurred. I am keen to take this opportunity to reassure people in Edinburgh that these attacks have been targeted towards groups and individuals all known to one another and there is no threat to the wider community, although I appreciate that this may be of little consolation to the families and loved ones of those targeted and who are equally affected by these crimes. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Our response has and continues to be robust and we will not tolerate this activity in our city. Detectives in Edinburgh are relentlessly pursuing various lines of inquiry to identify those responsible and bring them to account. Uniformed colleagues are engaging in intelligence-led patrols in affected areas and are targeting those believed to be involved. It is incredibly gratifying to see the whole of Edinburgh Division and national police divisions working together to resolve this situation. It really is a force-wide effort. To date we have executed search warrants at 29 addresses and recovered 18 stolen vehicles and three illicit firearms. In total, 20 people have been charged with a variety of connected offences and a number of those individuals are now remanded in prison awaiting prosecution. Criminals involved in this activity have been using 'Sur-Ron' type electrical motorbikes and I know this also ties into wider community concerns around their use in other offending and antisocial behaviour. We have seized a number of these motorbikes through our enforcement action. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Serious organised crime remains a blight on our communities and their support is vital when it comes to tackling it. Contact Police Scotland via 101 or call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. Detective Superintendent Paul Grainger
Leader Live
30-05-2025
- Leader Live
Mother who was ‘rammed' off e-bike sometimes supplied drugs, murder trial told
Jurors at Derby Crown Court were told that 25-year-old Alana Armstrong bought the Sur-Ron off-road electric bike for her boyfriend, which is not legal for road use and is known to be a 'drug-dealing type' bike. Ms Armstrong, who had one child, could 'barely' fit on the back of the saddle and was not wearing a helmet when the Land Rover Discovery allegedly ploughed into her in Batley Lane, Pleasley, Derbyshire, just after 8pm on November 26 last year. Keaton Muldoon, 23, who the court was told was a drug dealer, denies her murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Ms Armstrong's boyfriend Jordan Newton-Kay, whose right leg was amputated 15cm above the knee after the crash. The defendant, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, admitted causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving before the trial, the jury was told by prosecutor Sally Howes KC. The court heard that Mr Newton-Kay was riding his black, orange and blue off-road bike with Ms Armstrong on the back that evening, while a friend was on another bike. The jury heard that the three stopped at a lay-by in Sampsons Lane, near Pleasley, where the Land Rover was parked, and no words were exchanged before the vehicle spun around and 'chased' them down the country lane. On Friday, Adrian Langdale KC, defending Muldoon, cross-examined Mr Newton-Kay, who said his girlfriend of four years 'sometimes' supplied cannabis which he drove her around to deliver. The court heard that before the fatal collision, Ms Armstrong, from Tibshelf, received a message asking if she was available for a 'drop off', but Mr Newton-Kay said he was 'unsure' if they were going to deliver cannabis that evening. Mr Newton-Kay denied that he thought the 4×4 parked in the field was a police vehicle. He also denied wearing a balaclava on the evening of the incident and told the court he had not been doing wheelies and pulling out on other drivers before the collision. Mr Newton-Kay admitted he had smoked cannabis that day, but denied that influenced his recollection of events. Mr Langdale asked the witness: 'If two people pull up on a dark lane on what appears to be drug-dealing bikes, dressed all in black with masks on – that might be scary for a young man who knows the association, do you agree?', to which Mr Newton-Kay replied: 'Yes.' Mr Langdale asked the witness, who gave evidence from behind a curtain, whether the bike is designed to carry two people, to which Mr Newton-Kay said: 'No.' The barrister continued: 'You don't have any helmets on, neither of you. You seemed to suggest to police you didn't, as a general policy, wear helmets. 'You also suggested to the police you would drive, wherever you went, at maximum speed. Forty-six miles an hour to be precise. 'You were suggesting, with no seatbelts, no helmets, no safety gear at all, no brake lights, you were travelling at that speed.' Mr Newton-Kay replied: 'Yes.' The barrister asked: 'Did you seriously think that was a safe way to travel?' to which the witness responded: 'No, but I went trail to trail. I was not on roads much.' Mr Langdale added: 'You have taken the restrictor off of it (the bike) which stops it going above the legal speed limit for that bike. When I say legal speed limit I mean the off-road limit, to make it go faster.' The jury heard that the 4×4 made five attempts to hit the bike and 'kept dropping back' before it came 'out of nowhere' and knocked the couple off the bike on the fifth try. Mr Langdale said: 'A two-tonne vehicle is making contact with you going, you say, 46 miles an hour four times and not once do you come off or lose control. 'You would be off and in a hedge is what I'm suggesting to you. Your account of there being four previous rammings… is simply not right, did not happen. 'You have no real memory of how you came off the bike. You undoubtedly came into contact with the car but it was not by him ramming you deliberately.' Mr Newton-Kay replied: 'He deliberately chased me, deliberately rammed me, and left us for dead.' The trial continues.
Glasgow Times
30-05-2025
- Glasgow Times
Mother who was ‘rammed' off e-bike sometimes supplied drugs, murder trial told
Jurors at Derby Crown Court were told that 25-year-old Alana Armstrong bought the Sur-Ron off-road electric bike for her boyfriend, which is not legal for road use and is known to be a 'drug-dealing type' bike. Ms Armstrong, who had one child, could 'barely' fit on the back of the saddle and was not wearing a helmet when the Land Rover Discovery allegedly ploughed into her in Batley Lane, Pleasley, Derbyshire, just after 8pm on November 26 last year. Keaton Muldoon, 23, who the court was told was a drug dealer, denies her murder and causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Ms Armstrong's boyfriend Jordan Newton-Kay, whose right leg was amputated 15cm above the knee after the crash. The defendant, of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, admitted causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving before the trial, the jury was told by prosecutor Sally Howes KC. The court heard that Mr Newton-Kay was riding his black, orange and blue off-road bike with Ms Armstrong on the back that evening, while a friend was on another bike. The jury heard that the three stopped at a lay-by in Sampsons Lane, near Pleasley, where the Land Rover was parked, and no words were exchanged before the vehicle spun around and 'chased' them down the country lane. On Friday, Adrian Langdale KC, defending Muldoon, cross-examined Mr Newton-Kay, who said his girlfriend of four years 'sometimes' supplied cannabis which he drove her around to deliver. The court heard that before the fatal collision, Ms Armstrong, from Tibshelf, received a message asking if she was available for a 'drop off', but Mr Newton-Kay said he was 'unsure' if they were going to deliver cannabis that evening. Mr Newton-Kay denied that he thought the 4×4 parked in the field was a police vehicle. He also denied wearing a balaclava on the evening of the incident and told the court he had not been doing wheelies and pulling out on other drivers before the collision. Mr Newton-Kay admitted he had smoked cannabis that day, but denied that influenced his recollection of events. Mr Langdale asked the witness: 'If two people pull up on a dark lane on what appears to be drug-dealing bikes, dressed all in black with masks on – that might be scary for a young man who knows the association, do you agree?', to which Mr Newton-Kay replied: 'Yes.' Mr Langdale asked the witness, who gave evidence from behind a curtain, whether the bike is designed to carry two people, to which Mr Newton-Kay said: 'No.' The barrister continued: 'You don't have any helmets on, neither of you. You seemed to suggest to police you didn't, as a general policy, wear helmets. 'You also suggested to the police you would drive, wherever you went, at maximum speed. Forty-six miles an hour to be precise. 'You were suggesting, with no seatbelts, no helmets, no safety gear at all, no brake lights, you were travelling at that speed.' Mr Newton-Kay replied: 'Yes.' The barrister asked: 'Did you seriously think that was a safe way to travel?' to which the witness responded: 'No, but I went trail to trail. I was not on roads much.' Mr Langdale added: 'You have taken the restrictor off of it (the bike) which stops it going above the legal speed limit for that bike. When I say legal speed limit I mean the off-road limit, to make it go faster.' The jury heard that the 4×4 made five attempts to hit the bike and 'kept dropping back' before it came 'out of nowhere' and knocked the couple off the bike on the fifth try. Mr Langdale said: 'A two-tonne vehicle is making contact with you going, you say, 46 miles an hour four times and not once do you come off or lose control. 'You would be off and in a hedge is what I'm suggesting to you. Your account of there being four previous rammings… is simply not right, did not happen. 'You have no real memory of how you came off the bike. You undoubtedly came into contact with the car but it was not by him ramming you deliberately.' Mr Newton-Kay replied: 'He deliberately chased me, deliberately rammed me, and left us for dead.' The trial continues.
