Appeal for information following e-bike robberies in Ellesmere Port

Police investigating a number of e-bike robberies in the Ellesmere Port area are appealing for witnesses and information.

On Tuesday 23rd September, officers in Ellesmere Port responded to two separate incidents involving the theft of e-bikes within the town.

The first incident occurred at around 7pm in the Stanney Playing Fields area, in which three unknown men wearing balaclavas approached a 12-year-old boy and threatened him with what was believed to be a machete, demanding he hand over the e-bike he was riding.

The boy initially refused but was then forced off the e-bike and one of the men then rode it away from the scene.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any information in relation to it is asked to contact Cheshire Police via the website or via 101, quoting IML-2181744.

The second incident occurred at around 11.23pm in the Rossmore Road area.

A 32-year-old man was riding an e-bike down the road in the direction of Overpool, when he was approached by two unknown men on a motorbike.

The pillion passenger proceeded to hit the man with what was believed to be an axe and demanded he get off of the bike and hand it over.

The man complied, with the pillion passenger taking the bike from him, holding it on his lap after climbing back on to the motorbike. The pair then headed in the direction of Overpool Cemetery toward Rivacre Road.

As part of enquiries into this incident, officers are appealing to anyone who has any information or CCTV/dashcam footage in relation to the incident to contact them.

Any information of video footage can be submitted to Cheshire Police via the website or passed to the force via 101, quoting IML-2181838.

Detective Sergeant Tom Philpotts, of Ellesmere Port CID:

“Firstly, we would like to reassure the community that we are doing all we can to trace those responsible as I understand the level of concern incidents such as these cause.

“Whilst these incidents did occur within a few hours of each other, we do not believe them to be connected to one another at this stage, but we are exploring a number of lines of enquiry.

“These two incidents occurred in busy places, so we are appealing for anyone who witnessed what happened and has not already spoken to police to get in touch with us.

“The same goes for anyone with any dashcam footage or those who witnessed any suspicious activity relating to either incident.

You can report information to Cheshire Police by calling 101 or by visiting the Cheshire Police website and reporting it online.