Bulwell moped rider nearly hit pedestrian as he mounted pavement in escape bid

A young Bulwell man with “an unenviable” criminal record carried out a spate of offences including mounting a pavement and almost hitting a pedestrian during a police chase in Hucknall. Brooklyn Anthony also threatened a man with a metal bar in public and smashed a window at a recycling centre during his catalogue of crime this year.

The 24-year-old also told officers he would headbutt them when they found him hiding in a bedroom at his home as they went to arrest him, Nottingham Crown Court was told.

Now he faces Christmas behind bars not knowing if he will or won’t have his inevitable prison sentence suspended or not in the new year.

Adjourning his sentence until January 20, Judge James Sampson said: “The sentence I have in mind is 14 months and it is highly likely that is what the sentence will be. But it is whether or not I suspend that.

“That will be down to the contents of the pre-sentence report. You have a history of offending and have amassed a massive record for someone who is only 24.”

Ellesse Taylor, prosecuting, said the first offence in time took place on the morning of March 31, this year. She said a police patrol spotted a moped being ridden in Spring Street, Hucknall, and tried to stop it as it had no licence plates.

The prosecutor said: “It made off towards the St Mary’s estate and mounted a pavement which had pedestrians on it and narrowly missed one of them. It continued to make off and the police lost sight of it but found the moped, still with its engine running, on its side and located the defendant hiding in a field.”

Miss Taylor said while on bail for that offence, Anthony was in Hucknall High Street carrying a metal bar which he used to threaten someone with on May 4. She said in the early hours of August 16, the defendant was then caught on CCTV smashing a window at a cabin at Cross Waste Recycling, at Moorbridge Works, in Bestwood Road, Bulwell.

The prosecutor said: “Blood was left at the scene and swabs taken matched the defendant on the national DNA database.” Miss Taylor said on October 11 police went to arrest the defendant at his home in Marton Road, and found him hiding in a bedroom.

She said: “One officer handcuffed him and turned him around and he began kicking out and throwing his weight around and threatened to headbutt officers as he was taken into custody.”

Anthony pleaded guilty to charges including dangerous driving, resisting arrest, criminal damage, possession of an offensive weapon and driving without a licence and insurance. He has 19 offences already on his record.

Lauren Fisher, mitigating, said her client’s mother and father were in court and remained supportive of him. She said his problems relate to his "struggles with alcohol” and that he also self harms due to mental health problems.

Miss Fisher said: “There were also two recent deaths which he was very upset about, including his partner’s brother and his best friend. He has an unenviable record of previous convictions and that is something he is acutely aware of.”

Anthony was remanded into custody until his sentence in the new year.