Police stat shows that 260 electric powered bicycles were seized by officers last year, double the 130 confiscated in 2022 and four times as many as the 61 which were taken in the year before.
Bobby Lee, 74, died as a result of severe burn injuries and the inhalation of toxic smoke after the blaze broke out in his home on Woodyard Close, Kentish Town, in August last year.
A coroner has issued a warning about the dangers of e-bike conversion kits after a pensioner died during a house fire caused by an overcharged battery.