Police said they would take no further action after asking for help identifying a cyclist who stole a taxi driver’s car and house keys.
Alexander Sallons
The cyclist, Alexander Sallons, took the keys from the ignition at the lights on New Church Road and Boundary Road in Hove.
On the same day he gave the keys to the Sussex Police at John Street Police Station in Brighton.
Sallons, who is currently running in the elections for the federal executive committee of the Greens, tweeted about the incident on Wednesday, July 14th.
He said: “I refuse to be intimidated by off-road drivers, especially ‘professional drivers’ who think they own the road.
“They know the police don’t care about them, and they assume we’re too scared to do anything. So yes, give your keys to the police. “
Mr Sallons also shared details of the incident with cycling publication road.cc.
Road.cc said: “The cyclist we reported about yesterday after taking the keys from the ignition of a car in Sussex contacted us to clarify what really happened – including the fact that he handed her over to a police station right after that.
“The driver Alexander told road.cc: ‘The case is closed because I did not commit theft, because I gave the keys to the police on the same day and I gave them my details on the same day. So it’s just a separation between the two departments.
“‘The police have updated that I have not committed any wrongdoing and that no action will be taken against me.'”
The image used in the Sussex Police Roll Call
Mr Sallons is currently running for internal communications coordinator for the Green Party of England and Wales.
Road.cc added: “Under the Theft Act 1968, a person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates someone else’s property in order to permanently rob someone else.”
“But, as Alexander points out, ‘I did not commit theft because I did not intend to permanently deprive him of any property. I took the keys straight to the police station. ‘
“As an aside, the fact that he dumped the keys straight into a police station instead of dumping them down the nearest drain – tempting as some might find it under the circumstances – is important given the legal definition of theft.
“‘I don’t intend to make this a habit,” Alexander went on. “The whole episode wasn’t the least bit fun.”
“In our report yesterday we mentioned that it was not known what preceded his decision to take the keys, which Alexander has now clarified.
“’The reason I took his keys was because he hummed me at 5cm and when I asked if he thought he could intimidate people on the street he said’ yes’. That blew me away, ”he explained.
“Alexander told us that he recently returned from a six-month stay in the Netherlands – more precisely The Hague.
“‘I could drive from one side of the country to the other without thinking about it for a second and now I’m back in the UK, this kind of driving is a regular occurrence and I hate it,” he added.
I refuse to be intimidated by off-road drivers, especially “professional drivers” who believe they own the road.
They know the police don’t care about them and they assume we are too scared to do anything. So yeah, give your keys to the police.
– Alexander Louis Sallons (@sallonsax) July 14, 2021
