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Suspended sentence “a real farce”, says family of cyclist killed by motorist – as Cycling UK blasts UK’s “broken road traffic laws”

“Driving a car is like having a knife in your hand, it’s a dangerous weapon and if you kill somebody you should get made to pay for it. He just hasn’t, he's walked away free”

Wed, Apr 05, 2023 15:53

“Where were you looking? Why didn’t you see him?” Former HGV driver receives suspended sentence for killing cyclist

74-year-old Raymond Treharne was found guilty of causing death by careless driving after hitting and killing father-of-two David Jones in May 2020

Wed, Mar 15, 2023 18:31

Celia Ward falls into path of car after being confronted by Auriol Grey (via Cambridgeshire Constabulary and BBC News)

Auriol Grey seeks leave to appeal against manslaughter sentence

Meanwhile full sentencing remarks in case of pedestrian convicted of causing death of cyclist Celia Ward have now been published

Thu, Mar 09, 2023 13:14

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Banned hit-and-run driver who killed cyclist then torched car jailed

Lee Beevers was driving at nearly three times the speed limit before he crashed into Alan Tankard

Fri, Jan 20, 2023 12:43

Drug driver who almost hit cyclist during 87mph police chase avoids jail

In a second incident two weeks later Mark Fagan led officers on a 99mph chase, crashed and failed a drugs test — yet the judge was persuaded by the offender's positive progress to give "the chance of a lifetime"

Sat, Nov 19, 2022 15:06

Community sentence for van driver convicted of killing cyclist

David McGregor was convicted of causing the death of cyclist William Crawford in 2019

Thu, Nov 17, 2022 20:31

Driver jailed for two-and-a-half years for killing one cyclist and seriously injuring another blamed victims for “not riding in single file”

Arthur Robert McGrillen also failed to declare that he had suffered a stroke when renewing his driving licence a year before the fatal collision

Sat, Nov 05, 2022 14:09

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Fuel tanker driver receives six-month suspended sentence for causing death of cyclist by careless driving

Richard Hardcastle admitted killing 22-year-old physiotherapist Anna Garratt-Quinton as he attempted a left turn at a roundabout in Cambridge

Tue, Nov 01, 2022 17:13

Community service for driver who killed cyclist on Christmas Day

Keith Halliday's defence team said he had not seen the cyclist whose bike was fitted with front and rear lights and could be seen from 150 metres away

Tue, Oct 25, 2022 16:44

Taxi driver who deliberately knocked cyclist off bike avoids jail

Dermott Reynolds received an 18-month suspended sentence for twice veering towards a cyclist — knocking him down the second time — following a verbal exchange about the professional driver's tailgating

Wed, Oct 12, 2022 09:53