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Two failed motorbike thieves who were allowed to walk free from court are named in a document about the north Bristol bike gang.

Frustrated citizens began compiling information on people they believed were connected with the group of thieves and collecting it in a dossier.

The gang is believed to be responsible for stealing dozens of bikes and posting pictures on social media.

In July this year, five people appeared at Bristol Magistrates’ Court charged with the attempted theft of two motorbikes – and two of the defendants appear in the bike gang document.

Noa Naivalurua, 18, of Monsdale Close in Henbury and Reece Wigston-Richards, 20, of Staveley Crescent in Brentry both pleaded guilty to the attempted thefts and both feature in the dossier.

The two men attempted to steal Triumph and BMW motorbikes, worth a combined £10,000, in north Bristol within minutes.

Naivalurua and Wigston-Richards were seen to get out of a car and approach the BMW bike with bolt cutters in Lancashire Road, Bishopston on July 9.

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They were both seen by a witness crouching down by the bike and trying to cut a lock but failed.

Shortly afterwards, the men were seen on the driveway of a nearby house attempting to steal a Triumph motorbike, before an alarm sounded 30 seconds later.

Police were called to the scene and arrived in Gloucester Road at around 1.35am where they stopped a car and arrested the five defendants, including Wigston-Richards and Naivalurua.

There was no suggestion any of the defendants were involved with the bike theft gang during the court hearing at Bristol Magistrates' Court.

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Earlier this year, the Bristol Post reported the bike thief gang has stolen at least £500,000 worth of motorbikes by the estimate of one victim. Bikes stolen by members of the gang are often burnt out or sold on.

Hundreds of bikers took to the streets on Saturday, September 30 to both raise awareness and protest against the theft and/or vandalism of a huge number of motorcycles across the city. Members of the public have become increasingly frustrated about the perceived lack of action from the authorities.

As a result several members of the public have collected a dossier of information about the gang. The website names and shames many of the members of the gang – which is thought to number at least 16 or 17.

The dossier names a number of people believed to be linked to the gang and includes social media posts appearing to show talk of bike thefts.

Wigston-Richards was sentenced at Bristol Magistrates’ Court in July to a community order for 12 months of 100 hours community service and ordered to pay £170 in costs.

Naivalurua was sentenced at the same court in September to a 12-week prison sentence, suspended for two years.

Also involved in the attempted bike thefts dealt with at the magistrates court were Steve Mitchell, 25, and Olivia Allen, 18, both of Trowbridge Road and a 17-year-old who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Allen, Mitchell and the teen do not appear in the dossier.

Allen and Mitchell were sentenced to community orders for four weeks, meaning they must adhere to a curfew between 8pm and 7am. They were also ordered to pay £12.50 to the owner of the BMW, £75 to the owner of the Triumph and a further £170 in costs each.

The 17-year-old did not enter a plea and was due to be dealt with by a youth court at a later date.

A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police said: "We will not comment on what was or was not said in court.

"They were convicted on the charges made in court."