A police officer accused of knocking a teenage boy off his bike during a “dangerous” pursuit did not ask bosses for permission to chase the suspect, a court has heard.
Prosecutors claim PC Kayleigh Simpson drove on a cycle path in Glenrothes and clipped the back wheel of the bicycle, injuring the boy in March 2020. But one police expert said yesterday: “We don’t teach people to crash into cyclists.”
Sheriff Alison McKay was told how officers were searching for a man named Kevin Spratley, who was believed to have stolen a car that was later found abandoned nearby. PC Simpson is accused of following a youth who matched his description but began giving chase after he failed to stop when she activated her blue lights and sirens.
