This is the 22-year-old e-bike rider who was brought down and killed by an anger driver to 'teach him a lesson' to perform a wheelie.
Liam Jones – to be seen here on one of the electrically powered bicycles – died after he was slid from behind and was catapulted into a pole
His murderer, Abdirahman Ibrahim, 21, who was found guilty of murder yesterday, had made an exception of Mr Jones and his friend Tayzhon Johnson 'Showboating' on their bikes.
He turned his vehicle and hunted them in his chair Leon, eventually caught up with Mr Jones and twice in a residential street in Birmingham Ramde in the evening of 1 August 2023 in Birmingham.
The second collision turned out to be fatal. Ibrahim fled the stage and left him to die on the street.
Phillip Bradley KC, continued, told Birmingham Crown Court that the victim and his friend had driven bicycles near the Bullring shopping center of the city on the evening he was murdered
They started going home around 11.30 pm to charge the batteries on the bikes when they passed Ibrahim in Coventry Road.
Ibrahim, who drove in the opposite direction, became furious with the performance of stand-up wheelies and used a roundabout to turn and follow the pair.
Liam Jones – to be seen here on one of the electrically powered bicycles – died after he was slid from behind and was catapulted into a pole
This was the scene in Stechford, Birmingham, after the death of 22-year-old MR Jones in August 2023
Mr. Johnson saw the car on their tail and both men tried to avoid the vehicle by driving a one -way street.
However, Ibrahim followed the example and continued to the residential street where he rode the back of Mr Jones's e-bike twice.
The second collision threw him off the bike and in a concrete pole.
Mr. Bradley said to the jury: 'CCTV images have recorded both bicycles with Wheelies.
'You will have to consider the meaning of that show boating.
'A possibility that you may want to consider is whether the suspect has taken Umbrage at Mr Jones's showboating.
'To say it in a different way, did it call the suspect? So he wanted to teach him a lesson, follow him and we know what happened in the end. '
Ibrahim denied murder and admitted manslaughter, but was convicted during a new process.
Abdirahman Ibrahim, 21, chased Mr. Jones (depicted) while he drove past a road in Birmingham before ramming against the back of the cyclist who catapulted him in a lamppost
Birmingham Crown Court (photo) where Ibrahim, from Yardley, Birmingham, was found guilty of murder after a new process
His first process was unable to judge after the defense of Ibrahim argued that he was a 'competitive' driver who raced against two men.
Public Prosecutor Mr Jones, however, revealed during the novel that Mr Jones had only traveled around 20 mph in a 30 mph residential street before he was hit while the chair reached a speed of only 27 km / h.
He said: “This was not an accident. At the time of the fatal collision, the suspect clearly meant really serious damage to him. '
Ibrahim is expected to be imprisoned for life when he is convicted on 26 March.
His brother Abdullahi Ibrahim, 21 years old, previously admitted a count of helping a perpetrator and will be convicted on the same date.
