12 more bike lout suspects charged with causing public nuisance

Twelve men have been charged with causing public nuisance in connection with a ‘Ride Out’ event that saw off-road bikers run amok on the region’s roads.

It’s alleged the men – aged between 18 and 39 – were among a large group of lout bikers who took part in an illegal bike rally through Solihull and across Birmingham during a five-hour rampage on 26th June last year.

They have all been charged with causing public nuisance – an offence which can carry a significant prison sentence – and are set to appear at Birmingham Magistrates Court on 18th January for a first hearing.

The men charged are:

• Bradley Bateman, a 24-year-old warehouse worker from Lockin Croft in Castle Vale

• Nicholas Dore, a 27-year-old mechanic from Wardlow Road in Nechells

• Shaqeel Karim, a 23-year-old warehouse worker from Wallace Road in Oldbury

• Jack Bentley, a 24-year-old admin assistant from Marlborough Road, Castle Bromwich

• Samuel Ward, a 20-year-old student from West Heath in Oldbury

• John Mcdonald, a 27-year-old factory worker from Ridfield Road in Birmingham

• Joshua Birchall, a 19-year-old delivery worker from Chantry Crescent in Great Barr

• Jamie Boyden, a 28-year-old mechanic from Keats Road in Wolverhampton

• Jamie Bayliss, aged 26, from Camberly Grove in Erdington

• Dean Moore, a 39-year-old security worker from St Giles Road in Tile Cross

• Darren Brown, a 39-year-old groundsman from Morar Close in Castle Vale

• Unemployed 18-year-old Luke Fox from Dagnell Road in Birmingham

Six other men and a teenage lad have already appeared in court also charged with public nuisance relating to anti-social biking.

Adam Ballanger (24) from Partridge Road in Yardley and a 17-year-old, who cannot be named for legal reasons, both admitted the charge at Birmingham Crown Court on 8th December.

Read more: https://www.west-midlands.police.uk/news/4708/more-bike-lout-suspects-charged-causing-public-nuisance