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Moment 'inappropriate old man' jumps on primary school worker's motorbike and grabs her hips in front of his laughing pals

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Lawley, S. (2026, September 19). Moment 'inappropriate old man' jumps on primary school worker's motorbike and grabs her hips in front of his laughing pals. Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16144191/old-man-jumps-primary-school-workers-motorbike-grabs.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

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Daily Mail · collected 2026-09-19 · by Sam Lawley

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On September 12, a man approached and mounted a primary school worker's motorbike on Oldham Street in Manchester without her consent, grabbing her hips as she waited at traffic lights. The incident was captured by a helmet camera and shows the woman slapping the man after he grabs her. The video went viral online, receiving over 387,000 likes, with many viewers expressing support for the victim and criticizing the perpetrator's behavior.
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On September 12, in Manchester city centre, an incident occurred where a middle-aged man jumped onto the motorbike of Ellie, a primary school worker who did not want to give her last name. Ellie was waiting on Oldham Street when the man, without her consent, mounted her bright green Kawasaki ER-6F motorcycle and grabbed her hips. Screams from bystanders alerted Ellie, who then slapped the man before he hopped off and ran back towards a nearby bar where his friends were laughing. The incident has garnered significant attention online, with many condemning the man's behavior as inappropriate and vile.

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Ellie PERSON · 9× Charlotte GPE · 2× Manchester GPE · 2× Daily Mail ORG · 1× Kawasaki GPE · 1× Salford GPE · 1×

Narrative

This is the moment a man jumps on a primary school worker's motorbike and grabs her hips in front of his laughing pals - before she slaps him and he hops off the bike Ellie, pictured, who would not give her surname, was left horrified when an 'inappropriate' man ran into the road in Manchester and mounted her motorcycle without her consent He then grabs his ear in apparent pain before jogging back towards a bar where his friends are waiting for him and laughing. The biker fires a sharp glance at the gaggle of men and shakes her head in reaction to the unpleasant incident.
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🔮 Ellie, who would not give her surname, was left horrified when an 'inappropriate' man ran into the road in Manchester city centre and hopped onto her motorcycle without her consent.

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- See more Daily Mail on Google - save us as a Preferred Source This is the moment a man jumps on a primary school worker's motorbike and grabs her hips in front of his laughing pals. asserted
man → see → pals
Ellie, who would not give her surname, was left horrified when an 'inappropriate' man ran into the road in Manchester city centre and hopped onto her motorcycle without her consent. asserted
man → give → consent
The 32-year-old uploaded a video of the incident online and received a wave of support from social media users who branded the man 'vile'. asserted
who → upload → man
Footage - captured on her friend Charlotte's bike helmet camera on September 12 - shows Ellie waiting in traffic on Oldham Street on her bright green Kawasaki ER-6F bike. asserted
Ellie → capture → bike
Dressed in all black with a black helmet, the biker revs her vehicle as she gets ready to start moving again. asserted
she → dress → vehicle
Then, from nowhere, and in front of crowds of passersby, a man dressed in blue jeans and a grey jacket dashes from the pavement to the middle of the road and mounts the bike behind Ellie. asserted
man → dress → Ellie
Steadying himself, he then grabs the stunned biker's hips, as screams of surprise ring out among the bystanders. Ellie then shouts and gives the man a slap across the face with her right hand, holding out her palm afterwards incredulously. asserted
Ellie → steady → palm
This is the moment a man jumps on a primary school worker's motorbike and grabs her hips in front of his laughing pals - before she slaps him and he hops off the bike Ellie, pictured, who would not give her surname, was left horrified when an 'inappropriate' man ran into the road in Manchester and mounted her motorcycle without her consent He then grabs his ear in apparent pain before jogging back towards a bar where his friends are waiting for him and laughing. The biker fires a sharp glance at the gaggle of men and shakes her head in reaction to the unpleasant incident. asserted
biker → jump → incident
While waiting at the next set of lights, Ellie tells her friend, 'I am shaking,' before the pair mock the man's pained reaction to the slap. asserted
pair → wait → slap
The primary school employee has claimed her 'survival instincts' kicked in once the man was on her bike. 'Never would have happened if I was with some of the guys,' Ellie, from Salford, said. asserted
Ellie → claim → Salford
'A man jumping onto a woman's bike without consent is weird. asserted
jumping → jump → consent
'I was so focused on not dropping the bike I genuinely didn't even process how inappropriate the whole thing was until afterwards. asserted
thing → drop → bike
'Gave him a good whack though, so at least the survival instincts kicked in.' Ellie shared the outrageous footage online, where the clip racked up over 387,000 likes. She captioned it: 'Someone come get their grandad. asserted
She → give → grandad
He's out here touching women and bikes.' asserted
He → touch → women
In response, one person wrote: 'He wouldn't do that to a man.' asserted
He → write → man
Footage - captured on her friend Charlotte's bike helmet camera on September 12 - shows Ellie waiting in traffic before the man comes out of nowhere and climbs on to the green bike Another viewer added: 'Drunken over 40s men are so embarrassing. asserted
men → capture → 40s
You didn't hit him hard enough.' asserted
You → hit → him
A third commenter said: 'Getting assaulted in broad daylight. asserted
commenter → say → daylight
Another wrote: 'The way his friends are all laughing in the background too. asserted
friends → write → background
It's vile what men will do to women just to impress other men.' asserted
men → do → men
And one social media user added: 'This is disgusting oh my God, where do these men get the audacity?' asserted
men → add → audacity
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