Ryan Bridge speaks of London arrest after Oxford incident

Bridge was previously arrested in Oxford on suspicion of causing racially and religiously aggravated assault on Wednesday, April 1 in Abingdon Road, Oxford.

Raise the Colours had been issued a legal notice banning it from putting up flags across Oxfordshire.

At the time a spokesperson for Thames Valley Police said: “Last week, we launched an investigation following reports of incidents of public order offences on Abingdon Road, Oxford.

“Officers are investigating those public order offences and have arrested a 44-year-old man from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, on suspicion of causing racially and religiously aggravated harassment, alarm or distress.”

The force has since confirmed he remains on bail in connection with this incident.

A spokesperson for Thames Valley Police said: “I can confirm there’s no updates at this time and the arrested 44-year-old man from Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, remains on bail.”

Bridge has now also been arrested in London following an alleged incident in Birmingham.

His arrest on Saturday followed an alleged hit-and-run crash involving a van and a pedestrian in Birmingham on Thursday, May 14.

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A man in his 30s was said to have been left with leg injuries during the incident.

Bridge took to social media to publicly say that a cherry picker van was seized from his workplace and was in a police compound.

Bridge maintained his innocence in a Facebook live stream on Sunday, May 17.

He said: “The day before (Friday, May 15) when that cherry picker van got lifted from my work where they know where I work, they know where I live, so why not come and see me?

“Why not do it at Birmingham New Street when I was getting on the train live, why not do it as soon as I got off the train, why let me walk past all the police? They let me walk to that stage where they knew all the audience was.”

A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said: “Two men, wanted on suspicion of GBH following an incident in Birmingham where a man was run over, were spotted arriving into London to attend the Unite The Kingdom protest.”

In a separate statement the police confirmed: “One of the two men was arrested in connection with the incident in Birmingham where a man was run over as previously described.”

The second arrested man was wanted for a separate suspected offence which allegedly involved encouraging people to attack a police officer.