The chief constable of South Wales Police has defended the force's police and crime commissioner’s claim that two teens who died in an e-bike crash in Ely in Cardiff were not chased by officers. Harvey Evans, 15, and Kyrees Sullivan, 16, died following a crash in Ely shortly after being followed by officers from South Wales Police.
Their deaths sparked riots in the area that saw 27 arrests made. But force commissioner Alun Michael denied that officers had been chasing the boys prior to their deaths.
“I was assured and I am still assured that the youths were not being chased by the police at the time of the road traffic accident,” Mr Michael told BBC Radio Wales at the time. On Wednesday, July 12, chief constable Jeremy Vaughan told a group of Welsh MPs sitting in the Welsh Affairs Committee in Westminster that Mr Michael had been “hoping to help” when he made the remarks.
