{"id":979326,"date":"2026-05-23T06:15:28","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/979326\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T06:15:28","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T06:15:28","slug":"moment-fleeing-teen-is-knocked-from-bike-during-police-chase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/979326\/","title":{"rendered":"Moment fleeing teen is knocked from bike during police chase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The teenager and his passenger both came off the bike during the police pursuitWrexham teen knocked off bike by police and cornered in bushes<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A police chase came to a dramatic end when a teen motorcyclist and his pillion passenger were cornered. They were filmed travelling at speed along pavements on July 18 last year during the pursuit in <a aria-label=\"WrexhamLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/wrexham\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Wrexham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Alfie Hughes, 19, and the passenger sitting behind him were followed by a police car along Dean Road before being intercepted in Borras Park. Both were knocked from the off-road bike as Hughes turned into Borras Park Road from Jeffreys Road.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The pair fled on foot and a police helicopter was called in. Using thermal imaging, police air service spotters found them hiding in bushes and trees next to Acton Park lake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Police bodycam footage shows an officer closing in on their hiding place while pointing a Taser and shouting: &#8220;Stay where you are, show me your hands, come here now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A still of the bike riders during the police chase in Wrexham\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2_AFRDPW220526PoliceChase.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"A still of the bike riders during the police chase\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">A still of the bike riders during the police chase(Image: North Wales Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Hughes, of Deva Way in Wrexham, admitted charges of driving without due care and attention, failing to stop for police, and driving while uninsured and unlicensed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">At <a aria-label=\"MoldLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/all-about\/mold\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Mold<\/a> Magistrates&#8217; Court he was banned from driving for six months and fined almost \u00a3300, <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/dashcam-footage-shows-teen-knocked-33996328\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">North Wales Live reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sgt Danny Rees said officers were patrolling the area at the time following a series of antisocial motorcycling incidents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He said Hughes mounted pavements without regard for the safety of others. A specially trained police driver had blocked his path to protect pedestrians, the officer said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The moment the rider was cornered in Wrexham\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1_AFRDPW220526PoliceChase_02.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The moment the rider was cornered\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The moment the rider was cornered(Image: North Wales Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Sgt Rees added: \u201cThankfully, no members of the public were injured during this incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cHowever, Hughes clearly showed a complete disregard for the safety of others by driving carelessly as he attempted to escape police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cAntisocial riding will not be tolerated in our communities, and we are asking members of the public to continue supporting us to tackle this issue by providing information to us about bikes in their area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">\u201cWe will use all the tools and resources at our disposal to ensure it is stopped before anybody is hurt, or worse, killed.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The teenager and his passenger both came off the bike during the police pursuitWrexham teen knocked off bike&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":979327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5010],"tags":[748,30,188,4884,137680,11746,23824,760,16,15,1764,18833],"class_list":["post-979326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wales","tag-britain","tag-courts","tag-crime","tag-great-britain","tag-mold","tag-north-wales","tag-north-wales-police","tag-traffic-and-travel","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-wales","tag-wrexham"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116622427985695533","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=979326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/979327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=979326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=979326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=979326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}