Man went on bike tyre puncturing spree

A man who used a pair of scissors to puncture 42 bike tyres in quick succession in Cambridge has been sentenced.

Ife Bellow, 29, was spotted on council CCTV at about 2am on 18 October last year. Operators witnessed him stab bike tyres across the city, starting in Drummer Street and finishing in Guildhall Street and Guildhall Place where he was arrested.

CCTV operators had seen Bellow discard the scissors in a bin and they were recovered.

Bellow, of no fixed abode, later pleaded guilty to the 42 counts of attempted criminal damage, along with counts of criminal damage, assault, threatening behaviour, possessing an offensive weapon in a public place and theft from a shop, relating to other incidents.

He was handed a 12-month community order at Peterborough Crown Court last week (25 August). 

PC Jack Burgess said: “To this day we still have no explanation for Bellow’s reckless actions.

“He caused great inconvenience and expense to his victims and has showed himself to be a violent criminal in other areas too. I am glad we were able to bring him before the courts.”