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A 15-year-old boy arrested at the wheel of a Mercedes in Lewisham claimed he drove more than 30 miles "for an ice cream".

The boy was arrested on Saturday (June 1) when the Lewisham Police's A Team were patrolling the Horn Park area of the borough when they spotted the boy driving down the A20.

Lewisham Police said they stopped the boy who "appeared nervous when seeing police".

The teenager told the officers he had driven from Gravesend in Kent to Lewisham for an ice cream.

The boy was charged with a motoring offence and will have to appear at Magistrates' Court.

Lewisham Police tweeted: "Officers from A Team stopped this car after the driver appeared nervous when seeing police. Turns out the driver had every right to be as he was only 15 and had driven all the way from Gravesend for an ice cream!

"Will be an expensive ice cream when the boy is sent to court."