WATCH: Edinburgh motorbikers - one with a child passenger - cause disturbance at Silverknowes shore

A group of around five people on motorbikes, including a young child, was seen on the Silverknowes shore on Sunday afternoon.
A man and a young child appeared to be riding a small pink motorbike alongside four other bikers in Silverknowes on Sunday afternoon.A man and a young child appeared to be riding a small pink motorbike alongside four other bikers in Silverknowes on Sunday afternoon.
A man and a young child appeared to be riding a small pink motorbike alongside four other bikers in Silverknowes on Sunday afternoon.

One witness captured a video of the motorbikers speeding by the shoreline, saying one rider “looked about five”.

The incident happened at around 2.30pm on Sunday, May 9.

A young child and man are seen in the footage riding a small pink motorbike.

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Police Scotland said it received a number of reports on the incident.

A Police spokesperson said: “We received a number of reports of motorbikes being driven in the Silverknowes area of Edinburgh during the afternoon on Sunday, May 9, 2021.

"Officers attended and they had left the area.”

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