Bexley video attack, man arrested

Great news

About time and i hope it turns out they can link him to the car owner as a friend of some kind and have the owner charged with obstructing the police in the course of their enquiry

Quite. Thick as thieves. A bunch of thugs.

The big question really is: where is he from - Bexley or elsewhere? OldRidgeback's reputation hangs in the balance...

we have that info in the story now handlebarcam

what a 'banker'.....trying to be hard infront of his mates gets him a court appearance. there was no need for that kind of aggression.

Common Assault..

That's about right.

Awesome news, good work to all at road.cc and all the other places this story was passed onto. Nice to see a little karmic retribution...

Agree with Gkam84, would make it even sweeter if the idiot owner of the car who was shielding him had a little karma back too.

On another front, is it just me or does he look rough as f**k for a 29 year old??

I condemn his actions but we should at least give him some credit for coming forward at last and saving any further expense of police time in tracking him down.

(If, that is, the Metplod could be arsed to spend the resources anyway)

Thats also true Paul M, he manned up and came forward because if they hadn't i dont think the police would have bothered with them

But also, only common assault? should at least have thrown a breach of the peace in considering the amount of people who were around, there are other charges, but not sure they apply in England

He is a rather big guy and his mate, i'm thinking it may be premature ageing due to the abuse of muscle building drugs

He's a Dartford man? Well that explains it. (Disclaimer: I have never been to Dartford, this is a joke referencing an earlier thread.)

Having googled Dartford, I can say that he probably had little real choice but to give himself up, given its proximity to Bexley.

Yeah, that's exactly what the Police would have been doing..

No credit given, he handed himself in as he was probably getting annoyed with everyone he knew calling him up saying he was on the news, thus trying to save his own neck. It's only the tenacious natures of the victim that has bought this to some kind of closure. Otherwise it would have sunk into obscurity and punchy half wit would have got away scot free.

Great news

Driving without insurance too?

Would really like additional charges involved:

If the car owner still insists car was taken without permission, then driving without insurance and even car theft.

If car owner goes back on his word, then is there something like a charge of obstruction of investigation/justice?

Taking a vehicle without the owner's consent as well?
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/60/section/12

Good point Tony, i forgot about that, The owner said that the car must have been stolen, so either the owner will HAVE to be charged for the lies or the driver for TWOC

I do hope he changes his mobile number aswell, cause i little google search shows his FULL name and phone number

Up on Aunty too:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14150913

@PaulM
Give him credit? You must be joking. The only thing he should be given is a day in the stocks on Bexley common.

@Gkam84
Given Nicholls' behaviour and character, old school Touching the Dog's Arse is more appropriate than TWOC...

Second the congratulations to road.cc for championing this story.

Lol, but problem with a TDA is he "took the car back" to where he "stole" it from

A day in the stocks is a great idea. Bare arsed and used as a feckin bike rack for the day ought to do it.

result

Testosterone-fuelled halfwit. If he's been abusing steroids for long enough, his noodly appendage will be atrophied with any luck and he won't be reproducing any time soon.
Result.

Cracking news !

Instead of Common Assault they should go for Affray - Sect 3 Public Order Act (using unlawful violence in a public place) it would command a higher sentence in court than a common assault (well, in the North it does).

Sure taking a vehicle without an owners consent is a charge that should be bought against him?

If not the car owner should be up for perverting the course of justice.

I think it depends on how the police questioned the owner, ie. did they show the owner a picture of the theif. If the owner just said he didnt know where the car was and it turns out the acused IS insured to drive that car (either on the cars policy or under his own insurance policy) then there is no case, unless they did show the owner a picture and it can be proved he lied about knowing the acused.

Dunno what my reputation has to do with it but... Dartford is a charming place, with a big busy bridge that goes to an equally charming part of Essex.

Unless the driver was given permission to drive the vehicle, then the charge of taking without owner's consent (TWOC) would stand as mentioned earlier. The driver may also be guilty of driving without insurance, even if he was given permission. If he says the owner did allow him to drive the car then the owner should also be charged with obstruction, again as mentioned earlier. What we haven't seen yet is whether the vehicle owner is a Bexley resident.

Brilliant news. Hopefully this scum will be punished properly. But likely to get a fine and told not to do it again. Until the next time. What a Moron

http://www.jjfarriers.co.uk/about.html

This is the perpetrator apparently! Let's hope he's nicer to horses!

Born in Great Yarmouth? *that* explains a lot

Having said that, I used to love that old wooden rollercoaster.

He should beat up his web designer.

Yes, or else he got the fear and called his solicitor, who said "you're bang to rights, hand yourself in so at least there'll be *something* to say in your defence in court".

Glad to see the thug will be called to account. Community service order with a bike recycling project?

He should sort out some of the spelling on his website. It makes him look unprofeshionnell!

Given the incident that happened and some of the comments about him, the photo with him holding a tissue might be best changed as well.

But Ridgeback, John has high scores in his A levels in Law, History and Maths, AND he has Dip WCF after his name, see? His inability to spell is obviously not his fault, it's society's.

I'm sorry, but watch the video again, does that look like a guy who would be doing delicate jobs on horses?

Also, i'm not sure about it being him because he's about half the size in the photo compared to the video

Maybe someone should give him a ring, as if he undertakes any other jobs, i thought Farriers were a bit like blacksmiths? see if he wants to start repairing some bike frames that other thugish drivers have done damage to

The police are hopeless in these cases.

I was purposefully and maliciously driven into whilst cycling, and knocked onto the pavement (thankfully not under the car) in a similar incident at the end of last year. The driver proceeded to get out and verbally abuse me as I lay on the ground before driving away. There were two independent witnesses, and the incident as well as the registration number of the offender's car (RO08 XYT) were reported to the police within 15 minutes but they still did nothing. Glad to hear there might be one less ignorant idiot on the roads as a result of this guy's efforts. I'm tempted to get a helmet camera...

Well, it goes to show you can't judge a book by it's cover. 'There's nothing as funny as folk' as they say.

You could be right on that score. It'd be a good defence in court I reckon. "It's not my fault, it's society's."

I did note he didn't claim an A level in English.

Good news. Stocks? Where's the rehabilitation in that? Give him a decent road bike and make him ride 100 miles nonstop with a gilet saying 'Beep if you hate cyclists' on the back. That'll earn his respect.

Dartford born..? Sounds too refined for him to me. Sure he's not from Chatham? (I refer you to previous joke threads...) : )

what a nobhead.

The inability to spell or punctuate correctly on the website says it all. Have a look and have a laugh at the illiterate moron.

Either the owner of the car is prosecuted for perverting the course of justice, or the thug is done for car theft as well.
Bring back hanging !

This is what I bought as a result of the incident, and was advised to get a spare battery and a 16Gb card
http://www.dogcamsport.co.uk/camsports-hdmax-extreme-1080p-helmet-camera...

Chuck him in a windowless cell with one light bulb hooked up to a bike, no wheels... just a dynamo.

And a cyclist punching him in the face when he dips under 40k an hour - There's training incentive right there.

Actually, punchy made it into Cycling Weekly on Thursday.