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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eleanor Barlow

Drug dealer sentenced for killing pensioner after pulling wheelie on e-bike

Bart O’Hare, 86, died after being hit in Burnley in March last year (Lancashire Police/PA) -

A drug dealer who killed a great-grandfather when he crashed after pulling a wheelie on an e-bike has been sentenced to eight years and three months’ detention.

Dylan Green, 20, had his girlfriend as a pillion passenger on the bike, which he later said could travel up to 50mph, when he collided with 86-year-old Bart O’Hare as he stepped into the road on his way to a chip shop in Burnley, Lancashire, in March last year.

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