Partygoer hurled brick at motorcyclist and the host broke passenger's nose in a violent attack

VICTIMS TRIED TO ACT AS GOOD SAMARITANS WHEN THEY CAME ACROSS COUPLE ARGUING

- By MARK NAYLOR

TWO motorcyclists who heard screaming and saw a couple arguing in the street after midnight tried to act as Good Samaritans by asking if the woman needed any help - but, minutes later, their kindness left them both seriously injured.

The hot-headed couple who were arguing had been at a party and the woman's partner badly "over-reacted" and hurled a brick at the motorcycle, causing the driver and his pillion passenger to crash into a parked van and fall off. The angry partygoer who had been arguing with the woman followed up by viciously assaulting the motorcycle driver.

The party host joined in with the shocking scenes of violence on that "fateful night" by punching the dazed motorcycle passenger - breaking his nose, Hull Crown Court heard.

Ben Mulvana, 28, of Waveney Road, Longhill estate, Hull, admitted offences of wounding both victims on July 30, 2023. Jamie Harrington, 32, of Murrayfield Road, off Chanterlands Avenue, west Hull, admitted one offence of wounding the pillion passenger.

Cathy Kioko-Gilligan, prosecuting, said that two men, both aged 22 at the time, had been at the home of one of them. Just after midnight, that person drove his friend home on his motorcycle, taking them along Chanterlands Avenue and past Murrayfield Road.

As they passed Murrayfield Road, they heard screaming and saw a man and a woman arguing. The driver called out to the couple: "Is everything okay?" - and he decided to ride along Murrayfield Road to ensure that everything was fine.

As they rode past, Mulvana left the garden and approached the motorcycle. The driver feared that Mulvana was going to push them off the motorcycle so he sped up to pass him safely.

"However, he discovered that Murrayfield Road was a dead end and so he had to turn around," said Miss Kioko-Gilligan.