Corby MP Lee Barron will meet with Northamptonshire Police tomorrow following a series of ‘horrifying’ brick throwing incidents he says are ‘ongoing risks to life.’
The urgent meeting comes after three incidents with projectiles being thrown from the Headway bridge on to cars travelling on Oakley Road, near Great Oakley.
His intervention comes after a brick was thrown from the bridge onto a white Fiat 500 travelling along Oakley Road towards Corby on Saturday May 17, 2025 – the latest of three.
The brick smashed the windscreen and became lodged in the passenger side of the car. Fortunately the driver was not hurt.
Mr Barron said: “I have been contacted by deeply concerned residents about a number of these incidents that are undoubtedly a dangerous risk to their lives.
The Member of Parliament has written directly to Northamptonshire Police calling them to an urgent meeting tomorrow (Thursday, May 22).
In the letter, he said: “I am requesting this urgent meeting to assess the ongoing risk to life and to discuss immediate mitigation plans to minimise the chances of other drivers becoming victims.
“These are horrifying criminal acts. These incidents need be treated as horrifying acts by Northamptonshire Police.
“The community of Corby and East Northamptonshire need to know that everything is being done to bring the perpetrators of these crimes to justice and that they can drive on our roads safe from such actions that are a risk to their lives.”
Read the full Northamptonshire Telegraph coverage here.
“Despite the extremely serious nature of these incidents, I have been informed that on all three occasions, the response of Northamptonshire Police has been to provide crime numbers without visiting the actual scene of the crime. This is simply not acceptable.”
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