EXCLUSIVE Revealed: Sister of 'feral' e-bike rider whose goading of police officer led to veteran officer being hauled into court is also a serial criminal - as neighbours reveal 'hell' of living next to pair
A teenage e-bike thug whose goading of police led to an innocent officer being dragged to court is not the only 'feral' member of his family.
Mason McGarry, 19, was jailed earlier this month after he drove at 60mph in a 40mph zone during a police chase before mounting the pavement and hitting a lorry.
The teenager who has 42 previous convictions was earlier nudged off his e-bike by an officer using the bumper of his patrol car in another police chase in 2022.
PC Tim Bradshaw knocked off McGarry and his pillion passenger Dominic Mizzi, 22, to prevent them from getting away and putting other road users and pedestrians at risk after they made offensive gestures to him.
The officer was later charged with causing injury by dangerous driving before being cleared by a jury at Portsmouth Crown Court, Hampshire.
MailOnline can now reveal that McGarry's sister Ella McGarry, 18, was spared a jail sentence today for acting as a getaway driver for a wanted man.
It emerged in court that she was following in the footsteps of her older brother with a lengthy criminal record of her own.
Magistrates heard that she already had nine convictions for 16 previous offences including robbery, using a stolen bank card, burglary and attempted robbery - all committed when she was 17 years of age.
Neighbours of the McGarry family home in the Aldwick area of Bognor Regis, West Sussex, today told MailOnline of the 'hell' of living alongside them.
One near neighbour said: 'I think they'd been through a lot but they were a bit of a nightmare. The police were coming out day and night to speak to the kids.
'People were getting sick of the noise as well. It was out of control at some points, and it wasn't fair on other residents round here.'
Another said: 'Everyone has their problems, but they made their problems our problems and it stressed both me and my wife out.
'They were off the rails and didn't mind who they upset. It was a right pain.'
Magistrates in Worthing, West, Sussex, heard today how Miss McGarry was with her former boyfriend when police arrived to arrest him last November at her home
But when officers asked for his identity, he gave them false details and the pair walked out, and got into her black Renault Clio.
By the time police realised they had been hoodwinked, they had made off and driven nearly 25 miles before being pulled over in Southwick, Brighton.
Officers found that Miss McGarry had already been disqualified from driving six weeks earlier for an offence of aggravated vehicle taking, and arrested her.
She admitted driving while disqualified and possession of cannabis after she was found with a single cannabis joint.
Abi Taylor-Hall, prosecuting, said Miss McGarry's former boyfriend was wanted over an unrelated matter when officers arrived to arrest him at her home.
She said he gave the officers false details and then left the property, and 'was driven (away) by the defendant'.
Miss Taylor-Hall added: 'Police intercepted the vehicle at Southwick in Brighton, 25 miles away and the defendant was found in the driving seat, and he was in the passenger seat.'
Describing how Miss McGarry had already been banned from the road, the prosecutor said: 'The defendant had decided to get behind the wheel of a car again. She was not nipping round the corner.'
Rachel Roberts, defending, said Miss McGarry had been in a controlling relationship with her former boyfriend, and felt she had to get him out of the house.
She added: 'This has been a salutary experience for her. It is the first time she has appeared in the adult court.
'She knows it could result in custody. She is fearful of going into custody because of her previous convictions which are serious.'
Miss Roberts said: 'She was in flight or fight mode that morning. Her brother turned up very early that morning along with her former boyfriend.
'She wanted to get him out of the house. It was a foolish decision to leave the property in her car.'
Magistrates were told she had been trying to get her life back on track, had got a job interview this week and was keen to avoid returning to court.
Instead of getting a custodial sentence, she was given a 12-month community order and told her to attend 15 rehabilitation days.
She was also ordered to carry out 160 hours of unpaid work, pay a £114 victim surcharge and £85 costs.
Miss McGarry's existing driving ban was extended to 15 months and will not expire until September 2026.
Her brother first made headlines when it was revealed in Portsmouth Crown Court that PC Bradshaw was standing trial after knocking him off his e-bike.
The court heard how McGarry and Mizzi who also had numerous convictions including for an assault on an emergency worker, had sped away after making offensive gestures to the officer in Bognor Regis.
During his trial, PC Bradshaw said police officers were involved in regular pursuits with electric motorbikes but were unable to apprehend the riders because of their ability to slip down alleyways and closed roads.
He said his act of knocking them off their e-bike by 'nudging' the back wheel in a 'tactical contact' manoeuvre had been authorised by his superiors and he was permitted to use 'reasonable force'.
The officer told the court: 'It was light contact ... there was not a blemish on my police car. I believed it was a justified, necessary action.'
Jurors took just over an hour to unanimously return a not guilty verdict for causing serious injury by dangerous driving in what judge David Melville KC referred to as an 'important case'.
McGarry was said to have been top of a list of balaclava-wearing offenders who terrorised officers.
He underwent surgery for a broken tibia after the incident, and claimed that Bradshaw did not give any warning before knocking him off.
The stress of the incident and prosecution led to PC Bradshaw taking early retirement from Sussex Police after 22 years service. He now works as a bus driver.
But just a month after the officer was cleared, McGarry was involved in another police chase on March 28 this year.
Prosecutor Gary Venturi told Portsmouth Crown Court on June 6 that McGarry had borrowed a Vauxhall Insignia from a friend, who then called the police after he didn't return it by the time he promised to do so.
The teenager was in the car with his sister and two other passengers when they were pursued by police in Chichester, West Sussex.
At one point he drove 'as high as 60mph in a 40mph limit' before mounting a pavement and hitting a lorry.
Mr Venturi said: 'He emerges from a T junction and tries to squeeze in by the lorry, mounting the pavement, striking the lorry causing £1,200 of damage.'
The pursuit lasted around five minutes, ending when McGarry arrived at his home nearby.
McGarry admitted dangerous driving, aggravated vehicle taking, driving whilst disqualified, failing to stop and driving without insurance, and was given 12 months custody in a Young Offenders Institution.
The court heard that his 'unenviable' list of 42 previous convictions included offences of drug possession and trafficking, burglary, theft, assault of an emergency worker, and dangerous driving.
After seeing footage of the pursuit, Judge Jodie Mittell said: 'Frankly it was very lucky that there was nobody walking along the pavement'.
Referencing his previous convictions relating to dangerous driving, Judge Mittell said: 'The concern I obviously have is that the fifth time he will kill someone. 'That could be his sister.'
The judge told him: 'There's a risk not only to you, that you would get injured, but that people you care about, who were in the car, might also be injured.'
Judge Mittell added: 'The last thing any of us want to see is you being back here, having killed somebody.'
Paul Walker, defending, said that McGarry had ADHD, a learning disability, and 'low emotional awareness'.
He admitted that it would have been a 'gamble' to release him into the community rather than give him a custodial sentence.
During a voluntary interview with police ahead of his trial, PC Bradshaw described McGarry as a 'feral' teenager and someone who 'just doesn't get it, just doesn't stop'.
Jurors heard PC Bradshaw and the teenager were 'well known' to one another, with the pair first interacting when McGarry was 12.
Mr Bradshaw told the Mail on Sunday how he came face to face with McGarry, who 'goaded' him about the court case.
The former officer said: 'He looked at me all cocky and arrogant, telling everyone on board that I'd knocked him down but that he had taken my job.
'He threatened my family. Then he took a big spliff out of his mouth and blew smoke in my face. I said, 'Go away Mason and take your cannabis with you'. Then he lunged at me.
'He was joined by his mate in a balaclava who was threatening to stab another bus driver. Of course no action was taken against them.'
Mr Bradshaw called for police chiefs to take more action to tackle 'the huge problem that illegal e-bikes are causing all over our country'.
He said: 'Officers are always looking over their shoulders ... it makes them reluctant to think on their feet and be hands-on. If we don't grasp this reality then the unscrupulous criminals causing chaos will keep running rings around us.'
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