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Pavement Rider Jailed for 22 Months After Colliding With Trainee Teacher

Court footage prompted a 35-month driving disqualification with an extended retest requirement—the motorcycle was also ordered forfeited

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Overview

  • Macenna Shaw pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and received a 22-month prison sentence at Bradford Crown Court.
  • Recorder David Gordon disqualified Shaw from driving for 35 months with an extended retest mandate and ordered the Benelli motorcycle forfeited.
  • CCTV footage and testimony from an off-duty police officer showed Shaw mounting the pavement at speed without a helmet or licence plate.
  • Shaw tried to flee after the collision but was restrained by the bus driver and passers-by before police arrested him with a knuckleduster in his pocket.
  • Victim Grace Marriott suffered a punctured lung, multiple fractures and burns that required surgery and left her unable to complete her teacher training.