Teens used car as ‘weapon’ to crash into bike rider in Bristol

Four teenagers have been sentenced for using a stolen car as a “weapon” to crash into a bike rider, who suffered a fractured skull and brain bleed.

Zak Goldsmith, 19, from Knowle, Harrison Dodds, 18, from Hengrove, and two teenagers who cannot be named due to their age, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit grievous bodily harm with intent to cause injury at Bristol Crown Court earlier.

All four defendants were in a stolen Black Mini cooper that was used to deliberately crash into the rider – a 19-year-old man – in south Bristol on 29 May 2025.

Police said the victim underwent several days of hospital treatment for a number of injuries, including a fractured skull and a bleed on the brain.