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Aug 2020
Last Updated: 27/08/2020
Man cautioned for distributing 'distressing images' of Harcourt Drive incident
Police have arrested and cautioned a man for distributing "distressing images" on an incident on Harcourt Drive in Harrogate. One man was pronounced dead and another taken to hospital after the incident.
North Yorkshire Police outside Harcourt Drive in Harrogate on August 23.
Police have arrested and cautioned a man in relation to distributing images on social media of an incident on Harcourt Drive near to Harrogate town centre.
One man was taken to hospital for treatment and another was pronounced dead at the incident last Sunday. Multiple police cars, ambulances and an air ambulance were called out to the street at around 7.15pm.
DI Steve Menzies, senior investigating officer at North Yorkshire Police, has since reassured residents that the incident was “tragic and isolated”.
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- Man dead after incident near Harrogate town centre
- Police reassurance over ‘tragic and isolated’ Harcourt Drive incident
- Residents ‘gobsmacked’ after Harcourt Drive incident
Now, police have said they have arrested and cautioned a 42-year-old man for distributing “distressing images” of the incident.
In a statement, police said:
“We have been made aware that following the incident on Harcourt Drive in Harrogate on Sunday (August 23) distressing images of the incident were shared through social media.
"We would like to reassure the local community that the distributor of these images, a 42-year-old Harrogate man, has been arrested and cautioned.
“Sharing images of this nature will not be condoned under any circumstances and we would strongly urge anyone who is in possession of the images to delete them immediately.”
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