Woman arrested following alleged assault on Jeremy Vine

Police have arrested a 22-year-old woman on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence after BBC broadcaster Jeremy Vine passed them footage of an incident on Kensington last month.

Vine was riding through Kensington on his way home from work when the driver first tailgated him then, when he stopped to ask her to give him space, got out of her car and verbally abused him as well as aiming a kick at the 51-year-old.

> Video: Driver tailgates BBC's Jeremy Vine then kicks out at him

A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police Service, quoted in the London Evening Standard, confirmed that an arrest had been made.

She said: “The 22-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of common assault and a public order offence. She has been bailed to return to police on a date in early September.”

Over the weekend, a student from Brixton aged 22 who gave her name as Shayna, told The Sun that she had been driving the car and felt she had been “provoked” by Vine.

Former Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson, writing in his column in the same newspaper, also waded into the debate, accusing Vine of “selfish” cycling.

> Clarkson accuses Jeremy Vine of "selfish" cycling, while driver who kicked him says she was "provoked"

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