A JUDGE has condemned two bikers who caused “mayhem, chaos, fear, and danger” as they rode motorcycles through busy pedestrianised areas of Bradford city centre.

Louis Titre, 21, and Devon Hendy, 18, forced Saturday shoppers to take evasive action as they rode down Broadway and Charles Street on July 30, and the pair were also caught on CCTV running a red light, with Titre’s bike seen pulling wheelies on Hall Ings and Cheapside.

Their riding caused concerned members of the public to alert the police, who arrested the men after they were seen entering and overtaking cars on the entrance to a multi-storey car park.

Prosecutor Frances Pencheon played six videos during yesterday’s hearing at Bradford Crown Court, showing the bikes driving around other busy city centre streets including Market Street, Manor Row, Piccadilly, Darley Street, and Godwin Street.

She said Titre, of Rhylstone Mount, Lidget Green, had pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, and driving without insurance at a previous hearing, with Hendy, of Longfield Drive, Cutler Heights, admitting dangerous driving, and driving without a licence or insurance.

The court heard that Titre had been banned from driving for 12 months on March 3 this year for driving without due care and attention and no insurance, and that he had also received a ban in November 2013.

Camille Morland, for Titre, said he had been given his bike that morning as a present from his mother.

She said the pair had not ridden at excessive speeds in the pedestrianised areas, highlighted by the fact that at one point they had slowed down to avoid hitting a bird.

She said the men had not been reckless but had displayed “immature behaviour”.

Describing Titre, she said he was not in any form of education, training, or employment and had “lost his way” in life.

Ray Singh, for Hendy, said the lesser actions of his client did not warrant a sentence passing the custody threshold.

Addressing Titre, Judge David Hatton QC said: “The driving you engaged in through the pedestrian zones of Bradford was undoubtedly dangerous, creating as it did mayhem, chaos, fear, and danger.

“I have no idea what got into your head.”

Turning to Hendy, he said: “Everything I have said about the nature of the driving that day applies equally to you.”

Titre was jailed for six months, suspended for a year, and ordered to undergo a rehabilitation activity requirement with 200 hours of unpaid work.

He was also banned from driving for two years.

Hendy was banned from driving for a year and given a two-year community order with 150 hours of unpaid work.

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