“I can’t bring myself to watch the footage… he thought he was going to die”
20:19, 14 Jan 2026Updated 21:11, 14 Jan 2026
A mum has slammed police after her teenage son was ‘rammed’ off his e-bike by cops in an unmarked car. CCTV footage of the incident surfaced following the incident involving Junior Moran, 13, on Tuesday (January 13).
The clip, shared with the Manchester Evening News, was taken from a house on Hilton Lane in Little Hulton, Salford. It shows Junior being knocked off his e-bike while riding home from MMA training.
A police officer is then seen walking towards him before he begins to ride away. An unmarked GMP vehicle is then driven at him, sending him over the bonnet and tumbling onto the pavement.
The teenager, who was initially detained, can be heard pleading with officers, saying: “I’ve not done nowt.” Officers let him go minutes later.
Junior’s mum Jayne has since hit out at Greater Manchester Police and made a formal complaint, claiming officers left her teenage son ‘stumbling and dizzy’ after he was hit and that the incident has left him ‘traumatised’ – adding her son did not know the men were police officers or ‘he would’ve spoken to them and gone over’.
Junior was ‘rammed’ into by the unmarked police vehicle(Image: Submitted)
GMP said the e-bike Junior was riding was illegal and that a ‘decision was made for one officer to make tactical contact while a second officer on foot detained the teenager’.
The force’s Professional Standards Directorate is reviewing the incident, and the video. Jayne said her son, who has ‘never been in trouble in his life’ was wrongly targeted and that he was merely on the way back home from his martial arts training which he attends ‘religiously’ four days a week.
“I cannot believe any of this has happened,” Jayne told the Manchester Evening News. “He is such a dedicated young boy and was coming back from boxing club on his bike. I called him before and he said he’d see me at home and was stopping at his dad’s on the way back.
“The next minute I get this phone call from him screaming and all this commotion. I have never heard anything like it in my life. He was shaking and had concussion. He was stumbling and dazed after it all happened.
“I calmed him down and at first thought he had been robbed. He told me he had seen the car eye-balling him and felt uncomfortable. He stopped to let it go past, and as he did this officer jumps out on him with no identification because he was undercover.
“Junior didn’t know who he was and was terrified. You see him stop on the video before he gets back on his bike. He went into panic mode and tried to get away because he was scared. Then the car drives into him and he’s rammed of the road and flies over onto the other side.”
GMP said officers from Operation Venture had seen an e-bike being ridden in Little Hulton earlier in the evening and that a decision was made for an officer to make ‘tactical contact’ while a second remained on foot to detain Junior.
Following the incident, a full review is being carried out. The force has also withdrawn the driving officer’s driving authority pending the investigation.
Junior was detained but not arrested, GMP said(Image: Submitted)
Mum Jayne told the Manchester Evening News how she spent hours in hospital with her son who was left with severe concussion following the incident and has now made a complaint. “He had done nothing wrong,” she added.
“I can’t bring myself to watch the footage. These are two grown men. They didn’t identify themselves and he thought he was going to be robbed or attacked. He told me he’s never been so scared in all his life and thought he was going to die.
Junior was knocked off his e-bike in Little Hulton(Image: Submitted)
“As soon as he said they’d done nothing wrong he was able to go. How was there no duty of care for him after he’d been booted from one side of the road to the other? He’s only a child. He didn’t have a balaclava or a hat on, he wasn’t acting suspiciously. He has never been known to the police and has never been in trouble in his life.
“I went straight with him to Bolton Royal Infirmary, who were amazing. They said he was badly concussed and shocked so had to stay in for a few hours. He has cuts and bruises down his legs. It was brutal. He was wearing new clothes he got for Christmas and a brand new coat which is ripped to shreds.
“He clearly wasn’t trying to get away at first as he was stationary at the junction before. If he knew they were police, he would’ve spoken to them and gone over. That’s who he is. He isn’t a criminal.
Junior is a ‘dedicated’ MMA fighter who cycles to training four days a week(Image: Submitted)
“It’s just absolutely disgusting. We don’t know how this will affect him. He is now really scared about going back on the road. He goes to MMA and it’s part of his routine. He goes religiously and is so disciplined and confident, but at the end of the day this could have a lasting and traumatic effect on him. I don’t want his confidence to go because of this.”
Greater Manchester Police said that Junior was not arrested following the incident, but that the type of e-bike was illegal and later seized under section 165 of the Road Traffic Act as it requires insurance. The family were later visited in hospital by a superintendent and issued with an apology.
A spokesperson for Greater Manchester Police said: “We’re reviewing the use of tactical contact on a teenager riding an illegal e-bike in Salford last night. Officers from Operation Venture had earlier seen the e-bike being ridden in Little Hulton.
“Shortly after the e-bike was first sighted, a decision was made for one officer to make tactical contact while a second officer on foot detain the teenager. The teenager was taken to hospital by a family member as a precaution.
“We’re aware of a video circulating online which is part of our enquiries. It’s important we are able to establish the full circumstances. Tactical contact is a technique used by trained officers to safely stop suspects. All such incidents are recorded.
“Our Professional Standards Directorate is reviewing this case, and we have withdrawn the driving officer’s driving authority pending further investigation.”