A man has been charged following an incident on Newport’s Fairlee Road that saw police stop traffic following a concern for the welfare of a cyclist.
Police attended the busy stretch of road after a cyclist was spotted riding erratically in the vicinity of Racecourse Roundabout at 06:26 on Thursday (3rd June), as previously reported by Island Echo.
The cyclist, originally said to be in his 20s, was subsequently been arrested on suspicion of a number of offences.
Samuel Mark Woodford, aged 30 and of no fixed abode, was charged with using threatening/abusive/words/behaviour likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress and assault on an emergency worker.
He was bailed to appear at Isle of Wight Magistrates’ Court on 22nd June.
So at first they were concerned, then they throw the book at him for maybe suffering mental health issues?♂️
He assaulted an emergency worker – too right throw the book at him