Driver involved in crash with stolen bike said 'it happened so quickly'

A DRIVER involved in a crash with a stolen motorbike told police 'it just happened so quickly' in the wake of a teenager's death, a trial has heard.

- BY KIT ROBERTS

The woman told officers 'I didn’t know how bad it was until I went back and saw him there' as she was interviewed following Dean Barnes’ death in the collision, jurors heard.

Prosecutors said she did ‘absolutely nothing wrong’.

Dean, 16, was riding as pillion passenger on a stolen motorbike, the jury was previously told.

The bike crashed as its driver - Adam Norman, 36 - tried in ‘desperation’ to get away from the victim of a burglary chasing them, the trial has heard.

Callum Duncan, 28, stored three motorbikes in a shed at his home in Reddish, Stockport.

Minshull Street Crown Court heard that in the early hours of January 24, 2023, three burglars broke into the shed.

Mr Duncan was woken by the noise and gave chase in his car as the trio - Dean, Norman and Alexander Riley - fled on the stolen bikes, jurors were told.

Dean died in a subsequent crash with the woman, it was said.