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Statue of Justice, Old Bailey (licensed CC BY 2.0 on Flickr by Ronnie Macdonald).jpgMan charged with attempted GBH after London bike cop run over
A man has been charged with offences including attempted grevious bodily harm after a police officer on bike patrol was run over by a motorist in South London on Wednesday afternoon.
The officer, a 39-year-old male who is part of the Metropolitan Police's Roads and Transport Policing Command, had dismounted from his bike to carry out a routine check on the vehicle on Kennington Park Road.
He sustained injuries to his arms and legs and after initial treatment at hospital is recovering at home.
The vehicle was driven off and subsequently traced by police, who made two arrests.
In a statement issued this morning, the Metropolitan Police said that Leo Gowan, aged 23, unemployed and of no fixed abode, would appear at Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court today on the following charges:
Attempted GBH with intent against a police officer
Dangerous driving
Failing to stop when directed by a police officer
No insurance.
Police added that a second man, aged 22, had been bailed to return to a south London police station on a date in mid June pending further enquiries.
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I wonder are you always quite so rude about working class white people and journalists you disagree with? Typical Grauniad reader, Private eye...
They should lay off the pies, then.
On the website one of the bikes on which they show the device fitted is a mid-motor e-bike. This seems like an unusual application but then maybe...
the police barely do anything with close pass data, like just analyse the clear geographic hot spots and setup camera vehicles themselves....
I bet those ambulances have never paid tax in their lives! They should get out of the way of hard working, tax paying, otherwise law abiding cars
Have a like for using the word "profligate" 👍😁.
What are you getting him?
Just like folding helmets. Every couple of years someone thinks, that's a brilliant idea, I'll sell millions, I'll make a fortune. Erm, no.
He understands it: his social media site is called Truth Social or somesuch.
Because they can....