A woman who killed a father-of-three by ramming his e-bike with her Range Rover during a high-speed chase through residential streets has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
Zoe Treadwell, 36, from Bournemouth, pursued Joey Johnstone at speeds of up to 75mph in the early hours of 9 April 2025, believing him to be someone else. The 28-year-old was thrown from his bike and suffered a traumatic head injury. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Winchester Crown Court heard that Treadwell had mistaken Johnstone for her ex-partner, Joshua Lovell, who also rode an e-bike. The collision occurred on Moore Avenue and South Kinson Drive in the West Howe area of Bournemouth around 2am.
Mr Justice Linden told Treadwell during sentencing on Wednesday: “You were totally indifferent as to whether Joey Johnstone lived or died, you made no attempt to assist him or summon assistance for him.”
Second Attack
Three weeks after Johnstone’s death, Treadwell recruited Jonjay Harrison, 25, to carry out a further attack on Lovell. Harrison was paid £1,000 to strike Lovell’s e-bike with a Mercedes C180 on Kinson Road on 1 May 2025, around 1pm.
Lovell suffered multiple fractures in the collision. A pillion passenger, Free Jenkins, 30, sustained life-changing injuries and later required a leg amputation.
Harrison was also sentenced at Winchester Crown Court on 15 January 2026.
The Investigation
Dorset Police built their case using extensive CCTV footage, witness statements, DNA evidence from vehicles, and speed analysis obtained from CCTV and doorbell camera footage.
The court heard that Treadwell drove her two-tonne Range Rover at speeds between 66mph and 75mph whilst pursuing e-bikes travelling “flat out” through residential streets. Another rider, Danny Singleton, was also pursued during the incident.
Detective Inspector Mark Jenkins of Dorset Police said: “The violent and senseless actions of Zoe Treadwell and Jonjay Harrison resulted in the tragic death of Joey Johnstone, serious injuries to a second man, and devastating, life-altering injuries for a third man.”
He added: “Both collisions involved young men being pursued on electric motorbikes around residential streets in Bournemouth simply because of a dispute which had occurred between two groups of associates.”
Trial and Verdicts
A jury returned their verdicts on 4 December 2025 after 33 hours of deliberation. Two others charged in connection with the case, Taylor Warwick, 18, from Bournemouth, and a 17-year-old boy, were found not guilty of murder and manslaughter.
The incidents stemmed from disputes between groups of associates in Bournemouth.
Victim Impact
Sophie Quinn, Johnstone’s partner and mother of two of his children, delivered a victim impact statement to the court.
“On 9 April our lives changed for the worse, Joey innocently going out for a bike ride in the evening to never return home, my soulmate taken away from me forever,” she said.
“Just to think I will never be able to hear his voice or see him, breaks my heart,” Quinn added, describing the anxiety she has experienced since his death.
Johnstone’s mother, Michelle Rush, described her son as a “beautiful man with the biggest heart.” She told the court: “I never knew what true love was until I gave birth to my perfect son.”
During sentencing, members of the public gallery reacted with cheers and applause. One woman shouted: “May you rot in hell Zoe, you skank.”
