Metropolitan Police

London mugging victim finds bike for sale online – but police fail to keep appointment to help retrieve it

Matthew Sparkes had arranged to ‘buy’ his bike back from mugger after spotting Facebook ad

Thu, Jan 06, 2022 19:48
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Metropolitan Police officer found not guilty after suspect seriously injured when he was knocked off bike

Jury cleared PC Eugene Acheampong of causing serious injury by dangerous driving; verdict on careless driving still being considered

Sat, Nov 06, 2021 12:25
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Met recover 20 stolen bikes and £50k cash in east London raid (+ gallery)

Premises raided following reports that stolen bikes were being stored there before being sold online

Fri, Oct 29, 2021 07:53
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Video: Right-turning van driver crashes into cyclist – but escapes prosecution

Matt Cooper, who sustained a serious shoulder injury, supplied CCTV footage of crash filmed from nearby pub to the Met, but no action taken

Fri, Mar 05, 2021 15:44
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Déjà vu as Metropolitan Police decline to prosecute red light jumping driver (+ video)

Video shot last month in South London is almost identical to one the same cyclist submitted earlier this year, down to the exact location

Wed, Sep 30, 2020 13:59
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Speeding drivers in London to be targeted as 2019 casualty figures published

Vulnerable road users made up three quarters of fatalities last year – with vehicle speed a factor in half of deaths on capital’s streets

Wed, Sep 30, 2020 11:53
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Cyclists “getting away with” breaking the law claims Sunday Times

Enforcement in London up against drivers, down against cyclists, but there is a very good reason for it due to police targeting those posing the greatest risk

Mon, Aug 17, 2020 18:58
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Police appeal to find cyclist after pedestrian dies following collision in east London

Fatal crash happened on Bow Road on Friday 3 July; police say rider did not stop at scene

Tue, Jul 14, 2020 10:02
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“Lights displayed” not “licence plate” says Met in response to outcry over video of officer stopping black cyclist

Whatever the officer said, many will still feel that neither had much to do with why police pulled him over

Tue, Jul 07, 2020 14:47
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Met ‘will speak to officer’ about video of black cyclist supposedly stopped for anti-social behaviour

Many have suggested that the cyclist was only stopped because he is black

Fri, Jul 03, 2020 12:22
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