E-motorbike pursuit Masked yobs chase man, 62, after confrontation

A MAN has described a terrifying encounter on the Downs which saw him threatened and chased by two masked yobs on e-motorbikes.

- Tristan CORK

He became involved in a frightening stand off with his pursuers, who kicked at his car and followed him for more than a mile into the roads of north Bristol.

The incident is the latest report of antisocial behaviour involving the use of high-powered scrambler-type e-motorbikes being ridden on the Downs and police have urged anyone who sees a crime in progress to call 999. The man involved in the latest incident has asked not to be named, but is a 62-year-old local resident who is an active member of the Protect the Downs campaign.

The incident started at around 10.20am last Thursday, July 24, when the man was returning to his car parked on the Downs to go home. He was passed at high speed by two young men wearing masks on the e-motorbikes as they crossed the grass from Stoke Road towards the Sea Walls.

“I decided, actually stupidly with hindsight, to drive down towards Sea Walls to see if I could see where they were,” he said. “They were leaning up against the Sea Wall wall, bikes beside them. Both were wearing balaclavas.”