E-bike rider guilty over pedestrian hit and run

An e-bike rider has pleaded guilty to knocking down a pedestrian in a hit-and-run collision which was caught on CCTV.

Two men were on the bike which careered into a 16-year-old girl in Ryde High Street, Isle of Wight, on the evening of 5 January.

Patrick Douglas, 21, of Fishbourne Lane, admitted driving dangerously, without a licence, insurance or headgear, and failing to stop after an accident.

The case was adjourned until 3 October at Isle of Wight Magistrates' Court while a pre-sentence report is prepared.

CCTV footage from The Star Coffee & Ale House captured the moment the teenager was injured.

The film showed one of the men talking to her as she lay on the ground, while the other man ran away with the bike.

Eventually the girl, who was not seriously hurt, was helped into a takeaway by a man, according to the footage.

Previously, The Star owner Rob Lyttleton said: "No excuse for the lads to tag team a bike that was motorised at that speed in these conditions.

"The road is fully pedestrianised from 10am until 6am.

"She was not expecting a vehicle at such speed to hit her in this area."