Councillors representing Ely have said more police visibility in the area could help rebuild trust in public institutions following a fatal electric bike crash and riots. Two teenage boys, Kyrees Sullivan, 16, and Harvey Evans, 15, were killed in the collision which happened on Monday, May 22.
Nine people were arrested in the disorder which followed the crash on Snowden Road, Ely, after it was said that a police vehicle had been pursuing the boys. CCTV footage shows that a police van was following the teenagers before the crash, despite South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner Alun Michael initially dismissing reports of a chase. He later stood by his comments, saying he had been assured, "there was no police vehicle in the road where the crash happened".
Standing outside the North Ely Youth Centre in Pethybridge Road, Cardiff Council ward members for Ely, Cllr Maliika Kaaba, Cllr Russell Godway and Cllr Irene Humphreys, shared their thoughts on the recent events which turned their community upside down. I was nearly in tears when it went on and on for many, many hours," said Cllr Kaaba, in reference to the disorder.
