Woman killed e-bike rider after feud, jury told

E-bike rider Joey Johnstone died in Bournemouth in April

A woman murdered an e-bike rider, hunting and mowing him down in her Range Rover as part of a feud, a court has heard.

Joey Johnstone, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene in Moore Avenue, Bournemouth, in the early hours of 9 April.

Zoe Treadwell, 36 and Taylor Warwick, 18 - both from Bournemouth - and a 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named, are charged with murder or manslaughter.

In a separate incident Ms Treadwell and Jonjay Harrison, 25, from Bournemouth, are accused of attempting to murder or intentionally wounding Joshua Lovell, as well as deliberately wounding Free Jenkins on 1 May.

Sarah Jones KC, prosecuting, said the "horrific collisions" involved cars being driven "deliberately and with shocking aggression into young men who were riding e-bikes".

She told the court: "A grievance arose between one group of associates and another that has resulted in the people now prosecuted in this case thinking they were entitled to use any methods to instil fear, to teach people a lesson.

"They have sought to obliterate their enemies and the weapons with which they chose to do that have been cars."

Mr Johnstone was hit by a car while riding an e-bike in Moore Avenue

Police were called at 02:00 BST on 9 April to a report of a collision between a black Range Rover and an e-bike rider in Moore Avenue, the court heard.

The car, which Ms Treadwell admits driving, left the scene at speed, Ms Jones said.

Mr Johnstone was pronounced dead from a head injury a short time later.

More than two weeks later on 27 April, Mr Harrison messaged Ms Treadwell: "I can get Josh easy but got to sort it through someone," the court heard.

She messaged back: "Ok plz I want to give him a few slaps."

The second collision, involving two riders on a single e-bike, happened shortly after 13:00 BST on 1 May in Kinson Road.

A dark-coloured Mercedes, which Mr Harrison admits driving, mounted a pavement to hit the bike following a "grim chase", the prosecutor told the court.

Mr Jenkins had his lower leg amputated and Joshua Lovell suffered rib and spinal fractures, Ms Jones added.

Ms Jones continued: "The men were targeted, located, hunted and then mown down by Ms Treadwell or those doing her bidding."

The prosecutor said the victim Mr Lovell had previously been in a relationship with the defendant Ms Treadwell, but the full background to the feud was unclear.

She said the unnamed teenage defendant and Mr Warwick "assisted and encouraged" the first attack, by searching for Mr Johnstone and possibly by accompanying Ms Treadwell in the car.

Ms Jones added that all of those accused were pursuing a common goal.

She said: "They did not care about the law or the moral rights or wrongs.

"They were concerned only to win the upper hand in their feud by taking out their enemies one by one and they were ruthless in how they went about it, acting as part of a team."

The defendants deny the charges and the trial continues.