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Cyclist after being knocked from bike (source Essex Police).PNGDriver who deliberately knocked cyclist from bike jailed for 16 months (+ video)
A driver who deliberately knocked a cyclist from his bike in Colchester last year has been jailed for 16 months.
Ashley Merrett, aged 30 and from West Bergholt, pleaded guilty at Ipswich Crown Court last December to actual bodily harm, dangerous driving and common assault in connection with the incident in May 2016.
> Video: Driver guilty of charges including common assault after knocking cyclist off bike
Footage released by Essex Police following his trial showed the cyclist riding with a friend on North Station Road when Merrett braked suddenly.
The rider made a gesture in protest, whereupon Merrett, who was driving a Ford Mondeo, swerved into him.
The cyclist was knocked from his bike and sustained minor injuries.
His riding companion tried to flag down Merrett and he too was targeted by the driver, although he managed to avoid being hit.
Merrett drove off but was arrested by police later the same day.
He was sentenced today, reports the Daily Gazette, and besides the custodial sentence was also banned by Judge Rupert Overbury from driving for two years and eight months.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
Sadly I don't get paid if I don't show up for work so I ride regardless of the weather but obviously there is always the option to get off and walk...
Sounds like a great idea. I wouldn't want to do 15mph on most cycle lanes I've used but I'd happily stick to the road and go at 20mph.
eSports there must be some joke about Yorkshire in there.
WOW, you really hated the canal then, although I understand if it was wet or freezing and if the (long gone) Tyburn road bus lane was in operation...
If he didn't park in a car park, how did he get a parking charge? Who parks in the pavement "because some random said it was ok" ?
The police and the shyster defence lawyer would describe the registration as personal information!
There's one on my commute. I always switch to the road to avoid the future bus passengers as they mill about, eyes glued to smartphones, headphones...
Discerning eh? Well, I'll see your black latex gloves and raise you a Muc-Off apron......
I say, how did the sparrow cross the ... oh, OK.
Forecast over here barely has the air temperature tipping into the positive day and night into next week (it was around -6 in parts of the country...