Moped-enabled crime

Wow. American movie car chases really have a lot to answer for.

Three gang members – Omar Tafat, 22, Josh Myers, 19, and Kian Taylor, 20 – were arrested on 7 May last year following a high-speed police chase.

It lasted more than 90 minutes and spanned 10 London boroughs, with all three riding the same bike. At one point they even drove the wrong way up the A40 into oncoming traffic to try to shake off the helicopter, police motorbikes and dog unit vehicles chasing them. They had arranged for an associate to wait by the roadside with a can of fuel in their attempt to escape.

The three, who had tried to film the escapade, were arrested when they crashed by South Ealing Cemetery.