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Drink driver who hit and nearly killed 13-year-old cyclist minutes after being refused service at pub jailed for just over two years

Ambrose Taylor had been refused another drink at one pub and was illegally driving to another when the incident happened

Wed, Sep 14, 2022 16:06

Unlicensed HGV driver jailed for eight years for killing cyclist while under the influence of cocaine

Robert Whiting's provisional licence expired in 2002 and the tipper truck driver tested positive for cocaine after he killed mum-of-two Dr Ling Felce in Oxford in March

Sat, Sep 10, 2022 10:43

Motorist speeding at 80mph before he killed schoolboy cycling home jailed for five years

"You drove at 80mph — a speed which is breathtaking": Judge Lord Mulholland told Sami Ula Jabbar who was also disqualified from driving for 12 years

Tue, Aug 16, 2022 15:35

Road rage motorist who drove with cyclist on bonnet avoids jail

Footage shows Ahmed Al-Rawi trying to drive away while the cyclist shouts 'Stop!' from the bonnet

Tue, Aug 02, 2022 11:47

Drink-drive paramedic who killed cyclist sentenced to five years and four months in jail

Robert Woodruff drank ten pints before veering across the road, fatally striking 56-year-old father of five Richard Goodwin

Thu, Jul 21, 2022 14:31

Driver spared jail after killing cyclist in “momentary lapse of concentration”

The motorist was given a suspended sentence and banned from driving for two years after ‘inexplicably’ hitting 43-year-old cyclist Louise Harrott

Sun, Jun 26, 2022 10:16

Hit-and-run driver who left cyclist “for dead” has prison sentence overturned

The motorist, who claimed that he thought he hit a bollard after seriously injuring 51-year-old cyclist Cathal O’Reilly, was also banned from driving for 12 months

Mon, Jun 20, 2022 11:38

Eight-year sentence for drink driver who killed cyclist after emptying vodka bottle

Matthew Clemo was more than two times over the legal alcohol limit, and police described him as being so drunk he was unable to stand up on his own

Tue, Apr 26, 2022 14:40

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“Cowardly” unlicensed driver who ran over cyclist, hid vehicle and lied to police sentenced to 22 months in prison

Aaron Rogers failed to stop after hitting and killing Ian Edwards, then hid his van and denied he was the driver after being arrested

Sat, Mar 19, 2022 09:46

Serial bike thief jailed for 21 months for city centre spree

Paul Digney targeted high-value bikes from communal areas of Leeds apartment blocks

Sun, Jan 16, 2022 10:10