Chilling chase sees barefooted bike thief pursued through snow

A woman has thanked police after two PCSOs chased down a barefooted man through the snow to return a stolen bike.

On Tuesday at about 9.45am, a ‘suspicious’ man was reported in a garden at Murrin Road, off Alwyn Road. Officers were deployed to look for him.

After a short search, a man of large build, aged about 30 and wearing no footwear, fled from officers on a bike into Oaken Grove Park.

Unfortunately for him, PCSOs Cleaver & Miller were at the opposite end, lying in wait. They were unable to catch the offender, but they recovered a stolen bike.

The bike, worth a few hundred pounds, was then returned to the ‘very grateful’ owner.

Police wrote about the chase on its Windsor and Maidenhead Facebook page. Responding, the woman said:

“Within 40 mins of reporting him jumping our fence and making off with a bike from our garden, [it] was returned to us by two lovely officers, who were extremely polite [and] friendly despite looking frozen! But I guess not as cold as the barefooted intruder.”

While fleeing, the man got into a new, grey MG ‘SUV style’ car and quickly left the Oaken Grove area via Blenheim Road.

Enquiries are ongoing. If you have any information, Thames Valley Police ask that you contact PCSO Miller via 101 and leave your contact details.