He’d been knocked to the ground by a robber who took off on his electric dirt bike
Robber Moses Mitchell(Image: Humberside Police)
A menacing robber punched a man in the face with a clenched fist – knocking him to the ground and leaving him unconscious – after angrily telling the victim to hand over an electric dirt bike. Aggressive thug Moses Mitchell had a T-shirt wrapped around his face as a disguise when he suddenly confronted the man in the street after midnight and pretended that the bike belonged to him.
He grabbed the keys from the ignition and escaped with the bike but it was later found being stored at a house. After the gratuitous violent attack, the victim woke up in a pub beer garden, with his face covered in blood and the police asking him what had happened, Hull Crown Court heard.
Mitchell, 19, of Adelphi Close, off Ings Road, Hull, but recently in custody on remand, admitted an offence of robbery on August 24. Samantha Laws, prosecuting, said that a man was out with friends in the Bude Park area, near Bransholme, on August 23 before leaving at about midnight and walking home.
He was pushing an electric dirt bike in Exton Close, Bransholme, when Mitchell came into view. He had a T-shirt wrapped around his face as a disguise.
Mitchell approached the man and told him: “That’s my bike.” Mitchell demanded the bike back but the man told him that it was not his – and to leave him alone. Mitchell took the keys from the ignition.
There was more “back and forth” between them and Mitchell hit the man once in the face with a clenched fist, causing him to fall to the ground and lose consciousness. He came round in the beer garden of a pub, with the police asking him what had happened.
The victim was confused and there was blood covering his face. “His head felt very heavy,” said Miss Laws. His mobile phone been smashed during the confrontation.
He checked the AirTag tracker of the bike and discovered that it was in Langtree Close, Bransholme. The man went to Hull Royal Infirmary but he left before being treated because of long waiting times.
The police found the bike at the address where it had been flagged up by the tracker device. Mitchell had taken it there in the early hours of the morning and left it there for storage. He was arrested but he made no comment to all questions.
The victim later said: “This incident has massively shocked me and really has traumatised me. I now feel worried to go out at night in fear of being assaulted or having my property taken from me again.”
Mitchell had convictions for 17 previous offences, including four theft-related. He had been locked up for eight weeks in May 2025 for threatening behaviour, with a four-week suspended sentence activated.
Jane Rapin, mitigating, said that Mitchell pleaded guilty at the first opportunity. “In no way does he wish to minimise his actions,” said Miss Rapin. “He has shown a level of remorse and an appreciation of the seriousness of the offending.
“His time in custody has been a very sobering experience. He has had time to reflect on his actions. He is using his time in custody wisely.
“He is actively planning to be in employment post-release. He has shown deep regret. He had no comprehension at the time of the seriousness of his actions.
“It’s something he regrets every day. He hopes for a very different life on release. He has previously struggled with drug use.”
Mitchell, formerly of Sandford Close, Bransholme, Hull, was sent to a young offenders’ institution for two years and four months. He told the court via a video link from custody: “Nice one. Thank you.”
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