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Tom Wilkinson

Family of woman, 86, ‘devastated’ by teenager e-bike killer’s sentence

Gloria Stephenson died after she was hit by an illegal e-bike ridden by Billy Stokoe (Northumbria Police/PA) - (PA Media)

The family of an elderly woman who was knocked down and killed by a teenager on an illegal e-bike said they were “devastated” after he was jailed for six years and nine months.

Gloria Stephenson, 86, a fit and active great-grandmother, was on a zebra crossing when she was mown down by Billy Stokoe, then 18, who was under the influence of cannabis, riding a defective Sur-Ron in Sunderland on May 16 last year.

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