Jury shown footage before mum 'rammed off e-bike'

Alana Armstrong was a passenger on an e-bike ridden by Jordan Newton-Kay

A jury has been shown footage of the moments before a mother-of-one died after being allegedly rammed by a 4x4 while she was riding as a passenger on an electric bike.

Derby Crown Court heard the alleged murder of Alana Armstrong, 25, was not caught on camera but footage of a Land Rover Discovery, which prosecutors said was used to plough into the back of the bike, was shown.

Ms Armstrong died at the scene in Batley Lane, near Pleasley, in Derbyshire, on the evening of 26 November 2024 when she "went over the whole car" after the defendant, Keaton Muldoon, made five attempts to hit the bike she was riding, the jury heard.

Mr Muldoon, 23, of Tuckers Lane, Mansfield, in Nottinghamshire, denies murder.

The defendant also denies causing grievous bodily harm with intent to Ms Armstrong's boyfriend Jordan Newton-Kay, who had his right leg amputated following the crash.

Det Con Natalie Barnett, from Derbyshire Police's major crime unit, told the court a doorbell camera captured Ms Armstrong and Mr Newton-Kay leaving an address in Tibshelf, Derbyshire, that evening on one electric bike, with another man, James Gilbert, on a separate bike.

The jury saw footage of Mr Muldoon picking up a woman in the 4x4 from The White Swan pub near Pleasley the same evening, before the vehicle is alleged to have turned into a lay-by in nearby Sampsons Lane.

Det Con Barnett said the GPS from Mr Newton-Kay's phone showed that his bike, with Ms Armstrong riding on it, went past Muldoon's vehicle on Sampsons Lane just before 20:00 GMT.

The crash took place on Batley Lane in Derbyshire

The officer said: "The movements show that the phone has then gone back towards the lay-by.

"The phones and the bikes are then beginning to move back down Sampsons Lane towards the incident."

Det Con Barnett told the court CCTV cameras then captured the e-bikes being "followed" by the vehicle which was driven by Mr Muldoon.

The jury was shown two videos of a vehicle driving behind two bikes in the dark.

The court heard the last piece of footage was captured one minute before the GPS showed the bike ridden by Mr Newton-Kay and Ms Armstrong had stopped at the site of the crash, at 20:03 until emergency services arrived.

The court was also shown CCTV footage of a flat bed lorry allegedly delivering a yellow Seat Leon to Mr Muldoon the day after Ms Armstrong died.

The prosecution claim the defendant contacted a man within an hour of the fatal crash to arrange swapping the Land Rover Discovery for the vehicle.

The jury was told Mr Muldoon admitted causing death by dangerous driving and causing serious injury by dangerous driving before his trial began.

The trial continues.