Police officer is not going to face fees over e-bike crash that killed Cardiff youngsters | Police

A police officer who was driving a van that adopted two teenage boys earlier than they died in an e-bike crash in Cardiff, triggering hours of dysfunction within the metropolis, is not going to face fees, prosecutors have mentioned.

The Crown Prosecution Service mentioned it had determined to not carry prison fees in opposition to the South Wales police officer following the deaths of Harvey Evans, 15, and Kyrees Sullivan, 16, in Ely, Cardiff, on 22 Might 2023.

Kyrees and Harvey died after they crashed on a Sur-Ron bike minutes after CCTV captured them being adopted by a police van. The dysfunction that adopted included violent clashes with police and harm to property.

Malcolm McHaffie, the top of the Crown Prosecution Service particular crime division, mentioned: “Our ideas stay with the households and pals of the 2 youngsters following their tragic deaths in Might 2023.

“Following an intensive and detailed evaluation of the proof in relation to a single allegation of harmful driving on this case, we’ve got determined that no prison fees shall be introduced in opposition to a South Wales police officer.

“We’ve concluded that there’s inadequate proof to offer a practical prospect of conviction. We absolutely perceive that this shall be disappointing information for the households of each boys and can supply a gathering with them to elucidate our reasoning additional.”

The choice is topic to the sufferer’s proper of evaluation (VRR) scheme, which gives a sufferer or their households in some courses of case with a particularly designed course of to train the fitting to evaluation sure CPS choices to not begin a prosecution or to cease a prosecution.

The deaths provoked an evening of violent dysfunction that left 15 law enforcement officials wounded. Rioters claimed that they had gathered to pay respect to the useless boys earlier than clashes broke out with officers from South Wales police.