Fareham man who repeatedly shouted 'wakey wakey' during early morning drives through Gosport gets warning from police

Police caught up with the 21-year-old yesterday, following numerous complaints that the driver of a red Nissan Navara and the car’s passenger were riding around Brockhurst and Elson and waking up residents across several early mornings last week.

The driver had shouted that residents’ efforts to call the police would be futile – but ‘how wrong he was’, according to a social media post from police in Gosport.

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The post on the Facebook page for Gosport Police said: ‘In the early hours of various mornings, the 21-year-old driver and his passengers were heard shouting 'wakey wakey' at the top of their voices, as well as many other unnecessary things.

‘While generally annoying residents who were trying to sleep, the male, from Fareham, was also seen turning off his lights and shouting, 'you can't the call police because you can't see us’.

‘How wrong he was.’

Response and patrol officers caught up with the man yesterday and issued him with a section 59 warning.

The warning means that if he continues with his nuisance behaviour in the next 12 months, his vehicle will be seized, even if it is a different vehicle to the one driven on his recent antics.

Anyone who witnesses a continuation of this behaviour should call the police on 101 and quote incident number 44200439605.

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