Overview
- The suspect, named as 31-year-old Taylor Farrimond, appeared Tuesday at Westminster Magistrates’ Court and was charged with aggravated vehicle taking and causing actual bodily harm to a police officer.
- He was granted bail with strict conditions and is due for a plea and trial preparation hearing at Southwark Crown Court on May 11.
- Police say a Mercedes believed to be stolen failed to stop and was chased through Soho before it hit a pedicab on Bow Street in Covent Garden on Saturday just after 4pm.
- Several people were injured in the collision but police later confirmed the injuries were minor, and Scotland Yard said the incident is not being treated as terror-related.
- Officers had earlier arrested the driver on suspicion of multiple offences including failure to stop, dangerous driving, assaulting an emergency worker and possession of a Class A substance, and they are appealing for witnesses via 101 quoting 4797/11APR.