Man charged with murdering woman in e-bike crash appears in court

A man accused of murdering a mother-of-one who was allegedly rammed off an e-bike in a hit-and-run crash has appeared in court for the first time since he was charged.

Keaton Muldoon, 23, of Tuckers Lane, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, appeared at Southern Derbyshire Magistrates’ Court on Friday, the day after he was charged with the murder of Alana Armstrong, attempted murder of Jordan Newton-Kay and driving while disqualified in connection with an incident in Batley Lane, Pleasley, Derbyshire, at around 8pm on Tuesday November 26.

Twenty-five-year-old Ms Armstrong, a mother to a six-year-old boy and from Tibshelf, was riding pillion on the e-bike being ridden by a man in his 20s, who has had part of his leg amputated since the crash and is still in hospital, Derbyshire Police said.

They said the collision involved an e-bike and a dark-coloured 4×4 which allegedly followed two e-bikes before ramming one of them, causing Ms Armstrong and the rider to fall off the bike.

Muldoon, wearing a grey Nike jacket in the dock, spoke only to confirm his name and address during the five-minute hearing.

He was remanded into custody to appear at Derby Crown Court on Monday, with family and friends of the defendant shouting “I love you” as he was led back down to the cells.

The court appearance comes as Derbyshire Police issued a new appeal for a person who wrote a note on a Land Rover Discovery, believed to have been involved in the collision, to come forward “as a matter of urgency”.

Detectives believe that the dark blue vehicle, which had a distinctive private plate, was parked in the Jacksons Park area of Mansfield overnight on November 26 and say the note was written and placed on its windscreen due to poor parking.