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Philip Lawrence - Horse in the road (image via Instagram)Police seek cyclist who attacked horse and rider with brick
Police in Scotland are hunting for a cyclist who threw his bike and a brick at a horse and rider, causing the equestrian to fall off.
Police say the incident, amounts to an assault and are calling for witnesses.
The cyclist in Gorebridge, Midlothian, who was riding with a‘poodle-like’ dog, assaulted the rider and horse by throwing his bike at them, which caused the rider to fall.
The cyclist then hurled a brick at the rider before leaving.
The offender was described as being in his 50s, dressed in a yellow high-viz cycling jacket, black lycra leggings or shorts, and a white cycling helmet.
Anyone with any information, or who witnessed the incident close to the junction between Ladybrae and Barleyknowe Road, should contact Sergeant Michele Lindsay on 101 at Penicuik Police Station.
Latest Comments
- john_smith 7 min 59 sec ago
I would say most of us lost, and the loss is still being felt by most of us today....
- chrisonabike 12 min 5 sec ago
Like most things to do with motor vehicles the logic seems backwards here....
- David9694 1 hour 32 min ago
Eyes down for a full house: ...
- chrisonabike 2 hours 39 min ago
Couple of problems with this....
- Rendel Harris 2 hours 45 min ago
So on average you've seen a cyclist run a red less than once a month? Not exactly an epidemic round your way then, is it?
- Mathemagician 2 hours 59 min ago
I'm gonna wait for the gravel specific ones
- ktache 14 hours 57 min ago
Ironic four foot retro reflective SLOW in the road too...
- chrisonabike 18 hours 49 min ago
Clearly the poles should have priority in this situation so the cycle path is at fault. Although perhaps like redder lights maybe they have to be ...
- john_smith 19 hours 3 min ago
Converting soonness to conspicuity is far from trivial when you are using imperial units.
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One sided story, much?
Some randommer bloke (wearing hi viz and a helmet???) just threw his bike at a horse and rider? Then a brick...
I'm presuming something happened before the alleged assault...
Maybe he was a cabbie (he's a cyclist too, you know)...
Maybe he'd had a bad experience with a motorist before and decided to take it out on an equestrian...
Maybe he needed a Snickers...
are you suggesting that something could justify this sort of behaviour?
Exactly; I reckon we're only moments away from "He's not a cyclist; just someone on a bike" too....
Exactly, he was disguised as a cyclist from above description. Real cyclists don't dress like this.*
*No True Scotsman fallacy.
I'm not sure what a cyclist is, other than "someone on a bike", but please don't let's try to take responsibility for the actions of all such people.
Having said that, some horses do seem to border on the pathological in their response to anything that passes closers than 5 metres, and some riders seem incapable of controlling the things.
A cyclist is someone who self-identifies as a cyclist. It is, naturally, a circular definition.
Self-identifies? I think other people may be able to identify a cyclist too.
well, that's what the police are asking, but take away the bike and kit and all it says is that it's a man in his 50's - which makes identification a bit difficult.
Not a cyclist but a bloody dog walker!
hi viz and a helmet!!! just sayin'
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