Police pursued a car through the streets of Ryde tonight (Monday), leading to it’s seizure.
Officers pursued the vehicle at speed up Smallbrook Lane and along High Park Road at around 20:30. A witness has then described seeing a blue Astra coming ‘sideways’ out of Somerset Road as the vehicle joined Marlborough Road.
The car was soon found abandoned in Amherst Mews, off Amherst Place.
Island Echo understands that 1 male – thought to be a 26-year-old local man – has been arrested nearby on suspicion of a string of driving offences.
The Vauxhall – which is showing as uninsured and untaxed – has been seized by Police and removed from the residential street.
UPDATE TUESDAY – Island Echo was initially told that an arrest of a known local man had taken place, however, Hampshire Constabulary have today said that no arrests took place.
A spokesperson for Hampshire Constabulary has said:
”We received a report at 7.55pm last night (20 July) of a Vauxhall Astra being driven along Sandown seafront without tax or insurance.
Article continues below this advertisement “The vehicle was spotted by officers in the area but failed to stop, before driving off and becoming lost to police.
“We received a report later that evening at around 8.45pm of a suspicious vehicle in Amherst Mews, Ryde.
“This was confirmed to be the same vehicle, and it was seized for having no insurance and failing to stop for police.
“No arrests have been made”.
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Now bang the scum up typical ryde wouldn’t it save so much money to move police station to ryde they are always there quicker response time and lower fuel cost
Scummy Ryde again
Shut up Pratt
Great work guys
Hardly he got away.
Read it properly Einstein. They arrested him later.
More scum on the island roads, i wonder if a vaccination can be found for low life…
I feel sorry for it’s neighbour’s that have to live next-door to it, I wonder what dragged it up…
Add several thousand more residents into an overcrowded, poor wage, seasonal work, environment when Pennyfeathers etc are built, and ‘then’ see the amount of crime and anti social behaviour here.
What we see now, will be something to wish for then.
It won’t just effect Ryde, the low life always has ‘wheels’ whether they beg, steal or borrow such.
Thank your caring council.
2ThePoint. I agree, scum don’t Sh*t on their own doorstep, they travel in untaxed, uninsured, no MOT vehicles. This is what large housing estates breed and harbor. God help the island once the council get started on housing the lawless idiots from the mainland. Nobody else wants them but IOW council will take them for payment!
Ever wondered what the main land might be saying about islander’s like us.
Couldn’t care less, they don’t have to come here IF we are so bad, but, many know this is still way better than the third world ghetto’s that many mainlanders know and hate, but, not for long. Our time of enrichement is coming.
They might be saying that Islanders put an apostophe at the end of any word ending in ‘S’, and that they don’t know that mainland is one word. Just a guess.
It’s affect not effect.
Change the record.
What a place to live!!
A number plate and vehicle info in the article would surely help. I’m sure between us we could help the police if anyone
knew where this prat parks/lives
There entitled to anonymity – Unfortunately.
We wouldn’t want to infringe their human rights would we!
So no matter what the story, someone will mention Pennyfeathers, well at least the school teacher comments have stopped
Absolutely Bob. IOW residents need to understand the implications of building large housing developments like Pennyfeathers, 900+ homes and another 600 homes off Bullen Road, Ryde. They will not be welcome.
Hayland’s still is ‘blessed’ with such, now getting a pay rise, so perhaps the garage will soon ONLY have the ‘car’ in it. Or childrens cycles.
Bob should be in the bin Seely voted yesterday not to protect the NHS – Filth!
Interesting that on the same week Mr Bob Sausage Seeley votes against protecting our NHS from outside interference, the Russian report is released and shows we have outside interference going on..