Man admits driving into pedestrian in 'brutal' electric motorbike hit-and-run

A man has admitted driving into a pedestrian with his electric motorbike, knocking his victim unconscious, before driving off.

Jordan Willetts, from Newport, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving, driving without a licence and failing to stop at the scene of the crash in Newport last November.

Willetts, who handed himself into police two days after the crash, had been driving the wrong way down a one-way street at the time.

The victim, Sam Bevan, 33, previously told BBC Wales he had no recollection of the collision and only became aware after his neighbour showed him the "brutal" CCTV footage.

It's emerged the electric motorbike was originally a push bike which was later modified.

Bevan, 33 from the St Julians area of Newport was hit as he crossed Fairoak Avenue.

He was unconscious for around five minutes and was discovered lying face down in the road by neighbours.

The crash left him with severe concussion and cuts to his face.

Two days after he was hit, neighbours who had helped him came to his home to ask how he was.

They told him he had been hit by what they described as an e-bike and graphic CCTV confirmed what happened.

He said he was particularly upset that he has been the victim of a hit-and-run.

"That's what's annoyed me, the disrespect and not being humane and checking up on someone.

Bevan is still unable to drive.

Prosecutors told the court Willetts "eventually" handed himself in two days after the crash.

Asked about the crash as he left court this morning Willets told the BBC: "Of course I'm sorry, why would I have handed myself in if I wasn't sorry?"

Willetts' father told the BBC his son had made a "mistake".

It had emerged the electric motorbike was originally a push bike which was later modified.

Police investigators discovered the modifications had been made when it was seized.

Willetts was disqualified from driving pending his sentencing.