Updated: Apr 26 2021, 4:23 ET
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THIEVES are using e-scooters in terrifying crimes including assaults and shootings, new police data has revealed - but sales are still booming.
The electric scooters have been used as getaway vehicles as well as in robberies across the country.
Jamie Smith, six, was left with a fractured skull after a hit-and-run involving an e-scooter
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Fares Maatou was tragically stabbed in the head
Despite the rise in e-scooter crimes, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has proclaimed the devices as part of a transport revolution as emerging technologies are “ripping up the rulebook”.
He went on: “This review will ensure we understand the potential impacts of a wide range of new transport types such as e-scooters.”
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