Shocking moment thugs laugh as they mount pavement to run over cyclist

This is the shocking moment two laughing thugs filmed a cyclist being mown down – just days before they drove a car into an NHS worker.

Patrick James, 22, was in the car as it mounted the kerb and rammed into Julian Ford, who sustained broken ribs and internal bleeding.

The horrific video, reported by Devon Live, was discovered on James’ phone as detectives investigated him and his accomplice Phillip Adams, 26, for a separate hit-and-run attack ten days later.

In the second attack, NHS worker Katungua Tjitendero was walking to Southmead Hospital in Bristol when he was struck by a blue Honda Accord.

James and Adams fled the scene, with one of them shouting racial abuse at Mr Tjitendero, who was pinned against a wall by the car. He sustained “devastating” injuries, including a broken nose, a fractured right leg, facial wounds, and cuts to both legs.

CCTV footage showed Mr Tjitendero walking towards a bus stop at around 4:30 pm on 22 July 2020, after finishing a shift at Southmead Hospital. Detective Superintendent Mike Buck said the blue Honda appeared “out of nowhere” and hit Mr Tjitendero from behind.

He said: “A car attacked him from behind. He stood no chance and was left with devastating injuries.”

At Bristol Crown Court on Friday, James and Adams were found guilty of conspiracy to cause grievous bodily harm with intent for the attack on Mr Tjitendero. James was also found guilty of causing grievous bodily harm with intent following the assault on Mr Ford. Detective Superintendent Mike Buck, of Avon and Somerset Police, condemned the attacks as “absolutely sickening.”

He said: “It was only later in the investigation that we uncovered the attack on Julian Ford, which took place just ten days earlier, and realised the significance – that this wasn’t an isolated incident. These were two linked attacks.

“Patrick James filmed the attack, and you can hear him and the driver laughing both before and after as they drove away. Absolutely sickening.”

Pictures taken in the aftermath of the shocking incident showed the car resting against a wall, with the windscreen on the driver’s side shattered. Mr Tjitendero was rushed to the hospital – where both he and his mother, Hivaka, work – for emergency treatment.

The court heard that on 16 July, James had paid £300 for the blue Honda Accord involved in the collision.

CCTV footage from petrol stations in the area showed James using the car in the days leading up to the attack.