A teenage motorcyclist has been disqualified for six months after pleading guilty to a string of driving offences.
The 17-year-old, who can’t be named for legal reasons, appeared at Swindon Youth Court last week charged with the following:
• Failing to stop at the scene of a road accident.
• Driving without insurance.
• Driving a vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence.
• Driving without due care and attention.
He was disqualified from driving for six months, referred to the Swindon Youth Offender Panel and ordered to pay £300 compensation.
The charges relate to an incident in Brimble Hill, Wroughton, on 28/06/19 when a black motorbike collided with the back of a Audi A7.
The rider spoke to the driver, but provided false information, and the driver became suspicious so took a photograph of him, which he showed to the police.
Officers recognised the defendant from the picture and he was arrested.
PC Ben Agate, from Wiltshire Police’s Specialist Operations, said: “This is a great example of our specialist teams working closely with our local policing teams to provide assistance.
“The defendant was quickly identified due to the local knowledge of an officer in our Community Policing Team, who then called on the extra resources of our specialist teams to assist with locating and arresting this teenager.
“We know local people are concerned about issues around teenagers on motorcycles riding around dangerously and in an anti-social way, and this case proves we will make arrests and get them off our roads
