Part 2

A CYCLIST was handcuffed and led away by police after an alleged collision on Bournemouth promenade involving the town’s seafront boss – the latest drama in the controversy surrounding cycling on the prom.

Shocked beach-goers told the Daily Echo how they saw officers setting up a makeshift trap to apprehend a male cyclist yesterday afternoon.

It followed reports that seafront manager Chris Saunders had been involved in an alleged incident with a cyclist after asking him to slow down.

A spokesman at the seafront office said Mr Saunders had later attended a meeting and was not believed to be seriously injured.

Bob Collinson, 67, on holiday from West Yorkshire, was sitting outside his rented beach hut near Harry Ramsden’s restaurant when the police swooped.

“There was one police van, three cars and two woman officers on bikes,” he said. “There was a commotion and I looked through my binoculars to see them stop this guy and put him into a van