Police issue statement over Newcastle ‘disorder’
Police ‘spoke with a number of boys’ after reports of town centre disorder. Shoppers had spotted paramedics and officers in Newcastle on Saturday.
Now Staffordshire Police[1] have said they were called to one incident at around 4.05pm. That came on the same day that paramedics had earlier in the afternoon dealt with reports of a ‘medical emergency’.
But the force has told StokeonTrentLive that wasn’t an incident officers attended. Instead cops were brought in later in the afternoon.
READ: ‘Intruder’ batters boy after getting inside Stoke-on-Trent school | The Discovery Academy, in Bentilee, went into lockdown following this morning’s attack[2]
READ: Family’s terror as men ‘try to bundle schoolboy, 11, into car in attempted child snatch’[3] | The youngster’s sister say he was able to ‘leg it’[4]
A police spokesman said: “We were called to High Street, in Newcastle-under-Lyme, shortly after 4.05pm following reports of disorder. Officers went to the scene and spoke with a number of boys in the area.”
StokeonTrentLive had previously reported[5] how two ambulances and the Midland Air Ambulance’s Critical Care Car were called to High Street at 2.30pm to reports of a ‘medical emergency.
A spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service said: “Upon arrival we found a woman. She was assessed by ambulance staff and had sustained serious injuries. She received treatment at the scene and was conveyed to the Royal Stoke University Hospital[6] for further assessment.”
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References
- ^ Staffordshire Police (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ ‘Intruder’ batters boy after getting inside Stoke-on-Trent school | The Discovery Academy, in Bentilee, went into lockdown following this morning’s attack (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Family’s terror as men ‘try to bundle schoolboy, 11, into car in attempted child snatch’ (%20https)
- ^ The youngster’s sister say he was able to ‘leg it’ (%20https)
- ^ StokeonTrentLive had previously reported (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
- ^ Royal Stoke University Hospital (www.stokesentinel.co.uk)
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