A MAN has appeared in court on crutches charged with a string of offences following a morning of bedlam in west Hull, which left a man dead and a community shocked. Neville Kitt, 29, was allowed to sit for his first court appearance yesterday.
Mr Kitt gave a Huddersfield address to the clerk at Hull Magistrates' Court when asked for his details. The offences he is charged with include causing death by dangerous driving after Matthew Hutchinson, 25, was catapulted off a motorbike in Calvert Lane, west Hull, on October 31. Mr Hutchinson later died in Hull Royal Infirmary, despite medics battling for more than an hour to save him.
Mr Kitt is also charged with the following offences, which are all alleged to have been committed on the same day:
• Two counts of section 18 assault.
A section 39 assault.
• Two counts of possession of a weapon.
• An aggravated burglary.
• A robbery.
• A theft from a shop.
Possession of a gas cannister.
In addition to these offences, Mr Kitt is also charged with a non-dwelling burglary, which the Crown Prosecution Service says was committed on August 10, and theft from a car, which is said to have happened on October 26.
District Judge Frederick Richardson ruled all 12 charges against Mr Kitt should be dealt with by Hull Crown Court.
He made an exception to the rule and allowed Mr Kitt to sit during the hearing, while four members of his family sobbed in the public gallery.
Mr Kitt was injured when the red Yamaha YBR 125 crashed into a Honda Jazz.
No pleas were taken in relation to any of the charges.
As reported in the Mail at the time, police were called to three crimes in the space of two-and-a-half hours on October 31.
The first was an attack on a 40-year-old man in the Hedon Road area of east Hull.
The second was an attack on a 26-year- old man in north Hull.
Later, officers were called to reports of a robbery at Enid's News in Anlaby Road, west Hull, where a 57-year-old woman was injured.
Humberside Police's helicopter was deployed in the search for the offenders. The motorbike was not being pursued at the time of the crash, say police.
Mr Kitt was refused bail and remanded in custody to appear before Hull Crown Court on November 27.
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