article_snippet: But to the local police, Sophie Lindley was a law-breaking menace... because Sophie Lindley was riding Sophie Lindley bicycle on the pavement.
article_snippet: An officer stopped the four-year-old and threatened to confiscate the purple bike, which is fitted with stabilisers, if An officer did not get off and walk.
article_snippet: They had paused to feed the ducks when the policeman warned Sophie Lindley the policeman was against the law to ride on the pavement.
article_snippet: If you do, I’ll confiscate the bike.
article_snippet: ‘How on earth is my daughter riding my daughter little bike with stabilisers to school a criminal offence?
article_snippet: You can’t expect a four-year-old to ride in the road
article_snippet: 'Unbelievable': Sophie Lindley's mother Emma Stephenson (above) accepted it was illegal to ride on the pavement, but added that it was 'ridiculous to think a four-year-old is not allowed .
article_snippet: Roger Geffen of CTC, the national cycling charity, said: ‘Everyone lets Roger Geffen of CTC, the national cycling charity children ride on the pavement.
article_snippet: A CTC spokesman said: ‘A four-year-old child should be encouraged to cycle and not be deterred.
article_snippet: no other child wasn’t causing any danger or distress.
article_snippet: However, children under 10 cannot be charged with committing a crime, although children under 10 can be given a local child curfew - an overnight ban from being in public without an adult.