Police have charged 2 men following an incident in Ventnor which saw them refuse to climb down from a roof on Thursday (29th July).
As first reported by Island Echo, multiple police units wearing riot gear attended Lowtherville Road in Upper Ventnor shortly before 16:30 after reports were received of 2 men throwing objects including concrete blocks at officers already on the scene – with the men refusing to come down from the roof and demanding tobacco and water.
At least 9 police vehicles were present on the residential street for several hours after the duo reportedly used scaffolding to gain access to the rooftop and claimed that they were ‘protesting.
In a separate incident, officers have been investigating a burglary that took place in the early hours of Sunday 20th June at an address in Albert Street, Ventnor, where a mobile phone and wallet were stolen and a man in the address was assaulted.
Nino Bear Cavanagh, aged 28, of Kestrel Way in Carisbrooke, and Lewis Morera-Morgan, aged 21 years, of Trinity Road in Ventnor, have both been remanded in custody and charged with affray, criminal damage, threats to kill, burglary, and causing grievous bodily harm in relation to the above 2 investigations.
Send these scum to prison for a long time – probably too good for them.
These two have always been scum