A 19-year-old motorist who forced two cyclists off a country road near Andover has been sentenced to six months in a young offenders’ institute for dangerous driving. Callum Hall had pleaded not guilty to the charge and guilty to failing to stop and failing to report an accident.

The Daily Echo reports that Hall was driving his father’s Range Rover on October 30 2016 when he happened across two cyclists at Charlton Down.

Recorder of Salisbury, Judge Andrew Barnett, said that in Hall’s view the cyclists were hogging the road. After overtaking them, there was “an exchange of views” and the teenager then stopped until the cyclists caught up.

At this point, he drove alongside, edging them onto the verge. “It was quite clear that you had lost control of yourself and lost control of your temper,” said Barnett.

One of the riders was pushed off the road, came off his bike and suffered bruising.

Hall has also incurred a number of suspended sentences, including an eight-month suspended sentence for possession of false currency, since the dangerous driving charge.

Nathalie Carter, defending, told the court that in recent months he has been cycling to work in preparation for being disqualified from driving.

She said: “He does come across as a young man who is frustrated, who doesn’t express himself as well as he would like to. He has got so much potential and it would be a waste if he was given an immediate custodial sentence.

“He has a family. His partner is the mother of his 18-month-old son and he has another child due in February. He is currently self-employed as a tree surgeon and he is undergoing training to use more technical machinery.

“He is a young man frustrated with the situation he finds himself in. He is a young man with a lot of capabilities, he can build a wall, erect a fence, build a patio. This is a turning point in his life. He is 19-years-old, he does have responsibilities and he does have skills.”