WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER EXPOSING HERSELF IN RYDE TOWN CENTRE

Police are appealing for witnesses to a public order incident in Ryde, in which it was also reported that a woman exposed herself. The incident is said to have occurred between 12:15 and 12:40 on Wednesday (3rd July) in the pedestrian precinct in Ryde. Police were told a woman had been verbally abusing members of the public and lifting up her clothes to expose herself. Officers attended this incident and arrested a 37-year-old woman near the Co-op in John Street on suspicion of a public order offence. She was also arrested on suspicion of another public order offence relating to incidents outside the King Lud pub between 20th May and 17th June, a theft offence relating to alleged unauthorised withdrawals of money, possession of cannabis, and criminal damage to a police van. It’s thought the woman has been living in public gardens near the seafront. The woman from Kent has been bailed – with conditions not to return to the Isle of Wight – while the investigation continues. Officers are keen to hear from any members of the public who witnessed this behaviour. Anyone with information is asked to calll Police on 101, quoting 44240280723.