The heartbroken mother of a teenager who was killed on an allegedly stolen motorbike, said today she hoped some good would come from the tragedy.
Michelle Tidswell said she had warned her 18-year-old son Antony he would kill himself but he thought he could handle what he was doing.
Grieving Michelle, 39, said: "If just one person decides not to steal vehicles because of Antony's death then something good will have come out of it."
She added: "He loved cars and bikes. Unfortunately it was usually other people's.
"I told him he was going to kill himself. He always said he could handle it, but I knew he couldn't. He was a rogue, but a loveable rogue."
Antony lived with partner, Gemma Howard, 18, and their two boys - Jaydon, 16 months, and seven-week-old Bailey - in Ravenscliffe, Bradford. He was fatally injured as he fell from a 1,000cc Suzuki motorbike allegedly stolen minutes earlier near Dewsbury town centre.
He died from his injuries in Leeds General Infirmary five hours later. His pillion passenger, an 18-year-old man from Bradford, was also hurt but has now left hospital. He has been questioned by police about the theft of a motorcycle.
Neither teenager was wearing a crash helmet at the time.
Mrs Tidswell, who lives with Antony's father Ian, 40, in Knowles Lane, Holme Wood, said their son died soon after they and Gemma got to the hospital.
She said: "His injuries were so bad I don't know how he had survived so long. I just know he was hanging on for us to arrive.
"We had five minutes with him. He wasn't conscious but I'm sure he knew we were there."
Mrs Tidswell said Antony had been crazy about cars and bikes since he was three.
"He always had a fascination for them. But he got in with a bad crowd and started stealing them."
But Michelle said there was another side to Antony, who had worked as a window cleaner.
"He was very loving and affectionate. He would always be there to give me a kiss or a hug, and he doted on the children."
The funeral is at St Christopher's Church, Holme Wood, on Monday.
The Reverend Gordon Dey, who will be conducting Antony's funeral, said: "I feel desperately for the family involved. It is devastating.
"This is a community problem and no-one wants to see young people caught up in something that leads to this.
"There are lots of lads on this estate who we want to achieve the very best they can. How we do that is a lot to do with the way we value and help them to channel their ambitions in a way that will be a real help to them and the community."
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