A WOMAN was arrested on suspicion of stealing a cycle, after being spotted by the bike’s owner.
The 39-year-old woman was charged with theft after the owner of a stolen pedal cycle spotted her in possession of it in York.
The owner of the bike had reported it stolen from her address in the Fishergate area on Wednesday, July 13.
On Thursday, the owner saw three people sitting on grass outside the city walls at Walmgate Bar, with what appeared to be the missing cycle, and called the police.
Officers attended the scene and the suspect was arrested and subsequently charged. She is due to appear at York Magistrates’ Court on Monday, August 1.
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