Electric motorbike teen detained for killing gran

Electric motorbike teen detained for killing gran2 hours agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleDuncan Leatherdaleat Newcastle Crown CourtHandoutGloria Stephenson was killed while crossing a road in Sunderland in May 2025A teenager who killed a beloved and "vivacious" grandmother and left her lying in the road "like rubbish" after hitting her with an illegal electric motorbike has been detained for more than six years.Billy Stokoe had taken cannabis and was using his mobile phone when he ploughed into Gloria Stephenson as she crossed a road in Sunderland, then rode away, Newcastle Crown Court heard.The 86-year-old's daughters said she had a "zest for life" and "selfish" Stokoe compounded their grief and "overwhelming righteous anger" by going to football matches and planning holidays days after killing her.Stokoe, who was 18 at the time of the crash in May 2025, admitted causing death by dangerous driving. The mother of four daughters and 13 grandchildren, was walking a family dog when she used a zebra crossing on Burdon Road at about 13:00 BST on 16 May, prosecutor Michael Bunch said.While traffic on one side stopped to let her cross, Stokoe drove the off-road electronic motorbike, which was not road legal and was in a poor condition, straight into her, making no attempt to stop or swerve, the court heard.Northumbria PoliceBilly Stokoe admitted causing death by dangerous drivingDashcam footage shown to the court showed the collision, with balaclava-clad Stokoe being knocked off his bike, then getting back on and riding away after looking at his victim lying on the crossing.Passers by tried to help but paramedics confirmed she died at the scene.Stokoe, of Mayo Drive in Sunderland, drove to a friend's house where he ditched the bike and changed his clothes, before going home and telling his mother, who took him to the police station, the court heard.He was found to be three times the driving limit for cannabi...