{"id":37790,"date":"2025-09-23T01:22:54","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/men-who-murdered-e-bike-riders-in-sunbury-jailed-for-life\/"},"modified":"2025-09-23T01:22:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T01:22:54","slug":"men-who-murdered-e-bike-riders-in-sunbury-jailed-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/news\/men-who-murdered-e-bike-riders-in-sunbury-jailed-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Men who murdered e-bike riders in Sunbury jailed for life"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Alex Rose was sentenced to a minimum of 34 years in prison, while Charles Pardoe was given a minimum of 29 years<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Two men who murdered a pair of e-bike riders they had mistaken for burglars have been jailed for life.<\/p>\n

Alex Rose, 30, deliberately drove his black pick-up truck into William Birchard and Darren George while driving the wrong way down a motorway slip road in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, in July last year.<\/p>\n

Rose, along with passenger Charles Pardoe, got into a 60mph chase after suspecting the pair of trying to break into his home.<\/p>\n

But the trial at Guildford Crown Court heard that Mr Birchard, 21, nor Mr George, 22, had been “anywhere near” his address and were on their way to a pub in Ashford.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jurors found Rose and Pardoe guilty of two counts of murder.<\/p>\n

Rose was sentenced to a minimum of 34 years in prison, while Pardoe, 25, was sentenced a minimum term of 29 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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William Birchard died at the scene, while Darren George died in hospital shortly afterwards <\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
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Rose’s girlfriend Tara Knaggs, 25, who had been on the phone to him throughout the pursuit, was jailed for three years after being found guilty of assisting an offender.<\/p>\n

A fourth defendant, 25-year-old Samuel Aspden, another of Rose’s friends who had driven around the area in his own car the same evening, was cleared of both murder charges.<\/p>\n

Mr Birchard died at the scene from head injuries, fractures to his face and skull and a severe brain injury, the court heard.<\/p>\n

His father said in a statement: “William was not just a victim of a senseless crime, he was our beloved son, a brother and a friend to many.<\/p>\n

“His life was filled with promise, and his loss has left a gap that will never be filled.”<\/p>\n

Mr George died in hospital shortly after the incident.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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