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Three arrested as Sussex bike cop chases down stolen BMW

Car owner asks if incident in Worthing last week wasn't recorded on Strava, did it happen?...
by Simon_MacMichael
Mon, Sep 09, 2019 14:10
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Three youths suspected of stealing a BMW car in Worthing last week were arrested after a police officer set off after them on his bike.

The incident in the West Sussex seaside town happened last Wednesday afternoon when the officer spotted the car which had been reported stolen earlier that day, reports The Argus.

PC Glen McArthur of Sussex Police’s Roads Policing Unit posted a picture of the recovered vehicle to Twitter last week.

 

In reply, Chief Superintendent Jane Derrick commented: “A case of fast and furious cycling by the sounds of it.”

One user of the social network intimated that the officer might have been riding one of the force’s electric bikes, but in reply, PC McArthur said “The only 'e' involved by the rider was exceptional!”

The owner of the car expressed her thanks to the officer on Twitter – but wondered whether, if it hadn’t been recorded on Strava, the ride had actually happened?

A spokeswoman for Sussex Police said: “Three people were arrested after a car stolen in Worthing on Wednesday was located in the town a short while later.

“The white BMW 116C had been reported stolen at 10.47am and logged by automatic number plate recognition cameras between 11.39am and 1.34pm, before crashing in Twitten Way just after 1.30pm.

“The occupants decamped but, with the assistance of local people, were arrested nearby by officers a short time later.

“A 17-year-old boy from Worthing was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and theft from a motor vehicle.

“Another 17-year-old boy from Worthing was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle and driving whilst disqualified.

“A 17-year-old girl from Worthing was arrested on suspicion of theft of a motor vehicle,” she added.

“All remained in custody at 5.45pm on Wednesday.”

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Simon MacMichael

Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.

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Hirsute | 5 years ago
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Twittens are a Sussex word for pedestrian alleyways between houses to connect roads and give a more direct route.

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CygnusX1 replied to Hirsute | 5 years ago
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hirsute wrote:

Twittens are a Sussex word for pedestrian alleyways between houses to connect roads and give a more direct route.

That's called a  "snicket" or a "ginnel"(*) up t'North  ... I wonder how many other  dialect words we have for the same thing  around the country?

(* with pronunciation ranging from JEN-all  to GUN-all and all points in between)

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brooksby replied to CygnusX1 | 5 years ago
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CygnusX1 wrote:
hirsute wrote:

Twittens are a Sussex word for pedestrian alleyways between houses to connect roads and give a more direct route.

That's called a  "snicket" or a "ginnel"(*) up t'North  ... I wonder how many other  dialect words we have for the same thing  around the country?

(* with pronunciation ranging from JEN-all  to GUN-all and all points in between)

I've always called those a "ginnel".  Hard G, "i" as in "indigo", "el" pronounced as "ul".

(Originally from just south of Wetherby).

 

My wife just calls them "lanes" or "paths".  And she has the cheek to say that Northerners have a restricted vocabulary!

 

Her true bugbear is "bread buns" - "But its a bread roll", she says, "A bun is sweet.  What do you call that, then?" "It's a bun." "And that?" "It's a bread bun." "But how do you ever know what you're talking about?" "Context yes". "You have a limited vocabulary!".  "No, I have a more efficient one".

(You get the idea).

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brooksby replied to CygnusX1 | 5 years ago
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CygnusX1 wrote:
hirsute wrote:

Twittens are a Sussex word for pedestrian alleyways between houses to connect roads and give a more direct route.

That's called a  "snicket" or a "ginnel"(*) up t'North  ... I wonder how many other  dialect words we have for the same thing  around the country?

(* with pronunciation ranging from JEN-all  to GUN-all and all points in between)

I've always called those a "ginnel".  Hard G, "i" as in "indigo", "el" pronounced as "ul".

(Originally from just south of Wetherby).

 

My wife just calls them "lanes" or "paths".  And she has the cheek to say that Northerners have a restricted vocabulary!

 

Her true bugbear is "bread buns" - "But its a bread roll", she says, "A bun is sweet.  What do you call that, then?" "It's a bun." "And that?" "It's a bread bun." "But how do you ever know what you're talking about?" "Context yes". "You have a limited vocabulary!".  "No, I have a more efficient one".

(You get the idea).

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David9694 | 5 years ago
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fast and furious cycling - sounds uncomfortably close to furious riding? 

Twitten Way - you couldn’t make it up!

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