Three teenagers convicted following 'nuisance motorcycle riding' in Swarcliffe area of Leeds

Aged between 15 and 19 and all male, in total they have been fined £223, given eight points and 18-month driving disqualifications for offences including careless driving, failing to wear protective headgear, no insurance and driving without a licence. West Yorkshire Police have also confirmed that an additional teenage male involved in the same incident, aged 18, is due to be sentenced next month.

In a statement posted on their official Facebook page on November 30, West Yorkshire Police’s Leeds East Neighbourhood Policing Team said: "This is regarding nuisance motorcycle riding in the Swarcliffe area earlier this year. A further 18-year-old male involved in the same incident is due to be sentenced in court next month. The convictions were secured from extensive enquiries conducted by Neighbourhood and Off Road Motorcycle officers. Please continue to report issues with motorcycles in your area. We are doing everything we can to disrupt and prosecute offenders.”

The statement was accompanied by the hashtag ‘#OPDIESELCREST’, which references Operation Diesel Crest, a West Yorkshire Police crackdown on motorbike crime in east Leeds area. After officers part of the operation executed three linked drugs warrants in Allerton Bywater last week, the Leeds East Neighbourhood Policing Team said: "You can email us with intelligence regarding motorbikes in your neighbourhood - [email protected]. Motorbike calls are going down for the police, however, we are aware there are still plenty of illegal/nuisance motorbikes around, so please keep reporting.”