Leeds nostalgia: £2 fine for two-wheeled rampage back in 1946

By The Newsroom
Published 23rd Feb 2016, 08:46 BST
Updated 23rd Feb 2016, 08:50 BST
THREE Batley lads found themselves in deep water after they were caught, charged and convicted of stealing a bicycle belonging to a policeman, with one of them then using it to go on a drunken rampage.

John Leech, 20, a merchant seaman, of Peel Street, was fined £2 and £1 costs for stealing the bicycle from Police Constable Peakman, while E Stenchion, 24, a warehouseman of Ambler Street and Patrick McIntyre, 29, a pit hand from Borough Road, were fined £2 plus costs for receiving the bike, knowing it was stolen.

It was stated that PC Peakman had left his bike up against a wall while he went to check on a fairground on Bradford Road but when he returned five minutes later, he found the bike missing.

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