New Forest boy, 15, charged after electric motorbike incident

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A New Forest teenager has been charged after an incident involving an electric motorbike.

The 15-year-old boy has been charged with driving a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road or public place without due care and attention,.

He has also been charged with using a motor vehicle on a road or public place without third party insurance, and driving a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence.

The bike has now been seized.

A spokesperson for Hampshire police said: "A teenage boy from Ringwood has been charged following an incident in the town on Friday evening."

They added: "It follows reports of an electric motorbike, subsequently seized, being ridden on Castleman Trailway."

The teenager has been bailed to appear at Southampton Magistrates’ Court on Monday, September 28.

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