Ex-town boss' car stoned (From The Wiltshire Gazette and Herald)

Ex-town boss' car stoned

9:02am Friday 4th January 2008 in Swindon

FORMER Swindon Town manager Dennis Wise has been interviewed by police after he chased a youth who allegedly threw stones at his family car on New Year's Day.

The 41-year-old League One manager, now in charge of Leeds United, was driving his car in north Leeds after enjoying a meal with his family in the city centre when his vehicle came under attack by youths.

Wise, pictured, jumped out of his car at about 1am and chased a teenager, but he was unable to hold on to him.

West Yorkshire Police said a 41-year-old man and a 13-year-old youth had been interviewed in connection with the incident and a police spokeswoman said there had been no arrests and no charges.

The spokeswoman said police were investigating criminal damage to a car and also an allegation of assault by a 13-year-old boy.

No-one in Wise's 4x4 vehicle was injured during the incident which happened in Potternewton, in north Leeds, at about 1am on New Year's Day.

A spokesman for Leeds United said: "We can confirm that Dennis' vehicle was attacked.

"His two children in the car were left very upset and his wife and mother-in-law were very shaken by the incident."