Police officers from Oxgangs have reported two men involved in separate incidents for riding motor bikes without wearing helmets in addition to other offences.
On 6 May 2025 at Oxgangs Road North officers attended a collision between a KTM motorcycle and another vehicle being drive there.
The motorcyclist, a 29 year old male who was not wearing a helmet, suffered only cuts to his head and a suspected broken foot.
Police said a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal for various road traffic offences and the bike was seized.
Two hours later, Team 2 Response and Community Officers teamed up again in arresting a 23 year old male for possession of an offensive weapon in Oxgangs Avenue.
He had made off from Police on a motorcyle and he too, was not wearing a helmet.
He was apprehended nearby and the bike was seized.
The man has been charged with possession of an offensive weapon and will also be reported for road traffic offences.
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
