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Police allegedly "too busy" to take statement after Cardiff cyclist shot while riding

Force says it is investigating incident involving a pellet gun

South Wales Police have been accused of being ‘too busy’ to take a statement from a cyclist who was shot with a pellet gun. The force has since said the victim has been spoken to and the investigation is continuing.

A photo of the cyclist’s wound was tweeted by Leon Evans together with the allegation that officers were ‘too busy’.

Evans later clarified that he was not the victim, but said he believed the incident had taken place at “Wentloog flats on the way to Newport.”

South Wales Police later tweeted:

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Bob's Bikes | 8 years ago
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@Guyver1_ We have dealt with an incident involving a pellet gun however the victim has been spoken to

 

I hope it was a strongly worded talking to  How dare he be shot by a pellet gun!angel

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Stumps | 8 years ago
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So the tweeter was not the cyclist shot but just tweeted the picture saying he "thinks" it was Wentloog flats and that the Police were to busy.

So were they to busy or not. Was every officer tasked and was the injured cyclist taken to hospital first. Yet another non story without all the facts by road cc.

South Wales Police replied some 37 minutes after the tweet saying the cyclist had been spoken to and an investigation was being carried out. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ct | 8 years ago
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It is a shame, the Wentloog road is a favourite with clubs as it is flat and quiet. Sadly over the last few months the, um, residents have become, um, intolerant. Chain gang was driven into, close passes, aggression... low backed trucks piled high with ‘scrap' metal.

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LegalFun | 8 years ago
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Probably some pensioner reading his Daily Fail whilst smoking his cigarette, saw a cyclist and reached for his air-pistol.

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