Six arrested following Market Deeping collision are bailed

Six people who were arrested following a police pursuit in Market Deeping earlier this week have been bailed.
By Stephen Briggs
Published 20th Nov 2020, 13:35 BST
Updated 20th Nov 2020, 13:40 BST
The scene following the collisionThe scene following the collision
The scene following the collision

The five men and one woman were arrested on Wednesday following the pursuit, which ended in Northfields Lane, Market Deeping.

A police spokesman said: "Several reports of harecoursing incidents were reported to us on Wednesday morning, largely in the east of the county.

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"Officers later identified two vehicles containing people suspected to be involved in the offences, in Baston. Our officers then pursued these vehicles.

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"The pursuit ended just after noon in Northfields Road, Market Deeping, when one of the vehicles collided with another car. No police vehicle was involved in the collision.

"Five of the six occupants of the vehicle were detained at the scene. One other person left the scene but was detained by officers shortly afterwards.

"All six people – five males aged 14, 27, 32, 38 and 40 and a woman aged 36 – were arrested on suspicion of harecoursing offences, failure to stop, and dangerous driving."

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Today a Lincolnshire police spokesman said all six had been released on bail.

Anyone with information, or who saw a Mercedes ML500 in the area, should get in touch with police in one of the following ways:

Call 101, quoting Incident 150 of 18th November;

Email [email protected] putting “Incident 150 of 18th November” in the Subject line;

Contact Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111