'Danger' scrambler rider was a boy of 7

POLICE who halted a "dangerous" off-road biker zooming along a street were stunned to find he was a seven-year-old...on his Christmas present.

- By Chris Riches

Passers-by had alerted officers about the scrambler bike being ridden erratically.

Inspector Brian Loughran, of Merseyside Police, said: "It is really worrying that a seven-year-old was riding this vehicle on the roads.

"It is illegal for a scrambler to be driven on the road, but to let a child take to the roads presents a danger to their safety and the safety of others.