A driver who used his car as a “highly dangerous weapon” to run over a cyclist in a road rage incident, leaving him with life-changing injuries,
has been jailed for 18 months in order “to deter similar attacks”.
62-year-old Richard Caseby was cycling back to his home on a Saturday
morning in January last year, when a driver of a Vauxhall Corsa almost
hit him at the Sun in the Sands roundabout on the A2 in Blackheath, London.
Once he drew level with the driver at a traffic light, Caseby, a former managing editor of The Sunday Times and The Sun, asked him politely “to keep an eye open for cyclists as I’d had a narrow escape”, but the driver swore at him and said, “F*** off or I’ll f*** you”.
As soon as both of them set off, Caseby said that he was carried along on
the bonnet of Georgiou’s car, which hit the kerb, throwing him against a brick wall. He suffered serious fractures to his left leg and ankle and a damaged shoulder.
The driver, Marios Georgiou, 52, has now been sentenced by the Woolwich
crown court to 18 months in prison. The Times (link is external) reports
that Judge Philip Shorrock told the driver: “You used your car as the equivalent of a highly dangerous weapon, albeit you intended to scare him.”
He said a jail sentence was required to “deter you or anyone else from behaving that way in the future”.
Georgiou claimed that he was only trying to scare Caseby, who he feared
would damage his car as another cyclist had left a dent after punching
the vehicle during a confrontation five weeks earlier. He claimed as a
result of hitting Caseby he now suffers from anxiety and depression and
is being assessed for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Caseby suffered a broken left leg and ankle in three places and spent
months on crutches, having to learn to walk again. A year on, he still suffers permanent pain and walks with a stick and a permanent limp and
has been diagnosed with PTSD.
He told the court: “Marios Georgiou mowed me down in his car and left me with life-changing injuries.
“The attack has destroyed my basic fitness and dreams of an active retirement with my wife and friends. My orthopaedic consultant told me
that my injuries are truly ‘life-changing’. In short, I will never be the same again.”
Caseby, who used to cycle “everywhere”, said: “Drivers are in a lethal weapon and if they lose their temper for a moment, they can kill you. I
knew when I was clinging to the bonnet that if I let go, I would fall
under the wheels and be killed.”
The lawyer in mitigation, said Georgiou admitted the offences on the
basis that he did not intend to injure Caseby but intended only to “scare” him.
Georgiou, a barber from Kent, declined to give evidence. He has been
jailed for 18 months after admitting maliciously inflicting grievous
bodily harm shortly before the start of his trial last month.
He has received a nine-month concurrent sentence for dangerous driving.
He has also been banned from driving for two years and nine months and ordered to take an enhanced driving test before being allowed back on the road.
https://road.cc/content/news/driver-jailed-using-car-highly-dangerous-weapon-302059
Honestly this is such a depressing read.. 'I only meant to scare him' as
I drove into him with him on my bonnet up a curb and towards a wall.. ' FOR FUCKS SAKE.
Life changing injuries.
The law of this land is fucked.
Cyclists never seem to grasp that discretion is the better part of valour (apologies to Shakespeare), but instead must force their point on others. Sometimes it’s just wiser to ride away, or hang back, or apply the brakes, or stop at a pedestrian crossing or traffic light.
On 22/06/2023 05:01 pm, Spike wrote:
Cyclists never seem to grasp that discretion is the better part of valour
(apologies to Shakespeare), but instead must force their point on others.
Sometimes it’s just wiser to ride away, or hang back, or apply the brakes, >> or stop at a pedestrian crossing or traffic light.
[ ... ]
So many of those cycling-chavs feel that they are entitled to far more
than are other road-users (especially drivers and pedestrians).
But tell them to stay off the footway, or not to disobey traffic lights
and you take your life in your hands.
JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
On 22/06/2023 05:01 pm, Spike wrote:
Cyclists never seem to grasp that discretion is the better part of valour >>> (apologies to Shakespeare), but instead must force their point on others. >>> Sometimes it’s just wiser to ride away, or hang back, or apply the brakes,
or stop at a pedestrian crossing or traffic light.
[ ... ]
So many of those cycling-chavs feel that they are entitled to far more
than are other road-users (especially drivers and pedestrians).
But tell them to stay off the footway, or not to disobey traffic lights
and you take your life in your hands.
Absolutely.
Wasn’t there an elderly man who was beaten to the ground for daring to tell a cyclist that they shouldn’t be on the pavement? Although I doubt that was a unique case.
Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> wrote:
JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
On 22/06/2023 05:01 pm, Spike wrote:
Cyclists never seem to grasp that discretion is the better part of valour >>>> (apologies to Shakespeare), but instead must force their point on others. >>>> Sometimes it’s just wiser to ride away, or hang back, or apply the brakes,
or stop at a pedestrian crossing or traffic light.
[ ... ]
So many of those cycling-chavs feel that they are entitled to far more
than are other road-users (especially drivers and pedestrians).
But tell them to stay off the footway, or not to disobey traffic lights
and you take your life in your hands.
Absolutely.
Wasn’t there an elderly man who was beaten to the ground for daring to tell
a cyclist that they shouldn’t be on the pavement? Although I doubt that was
a unique case.
Ah…here it is:
QUOTE
An elderly man has been beaten up by a cyclist in Southampton after telling him he shouldn't be riding on the pavement.
At around 7pm on Monday (April 25), the 80-year-old victim was walking
along the pavement towards a pedestrian crossing near the junction with Sherwood Close leading to Southampton Common.
When a cyclist passed very close to him at speed, the man told him he
should be on the road.
The cyclist then pushed the man to the ground and began kicking him before leaving the scene via Sherwood Close and Pointout Road.
The elderly man suffered cuts and bruising as a result.
Police are now searching for the cyclist who is described as white, aged 30 to 40, between 5ft 10ins and 6ft tall, of a medium build with strawberry blonde/ ginger hair in a pony tail.
The suspect was wearing a white t-shirt, carrying a backpack and with bags
on the handlebars of his bicycle.
Anyone with dash-cam footage or CCTV of the incident is being asked to contact Hampshire Police on 101, or report online and quote reference
number 44220161920.
ENDQUOTE
<https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-04-27/cyclist-beats-up-elderly-man-in-southampton-after-being-told-to-ride-on-the-road>
Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> wrote:
JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
On 22/06/2023 05:01 pm, Spike wrote:
Cyclists never seem to grasp that discretion is the better part of valour >>>> (apologies to Shakespeare), but instead must force their point on others. >>>> Sometimes it’s just wiser to ride away, or hang back, or apply the brakes,
or stop at a pedestrian crossing or traffic light.
[ ... ]
So many of those cycling-chavs feel that they are entitled to far more
than are other road-users (especially drivers and pedestrians).
But tell them to stay off the footway, or not to disobey traffic lights
and you take your life in your hands.
Absolutely.
Wasn’t there an elderly man who was beaten to the ground for daring to tell
a cyclist that they shouldn’t be on the pavement? Although I doubt that was
a unique case.
Ah…here it is:
QUOTE
An elderly man has been beaten up by a cyclist in Southampton after telling him he shouldn't be riding on the pavement.
At around 7pm on Monday (April 25), the 80-year-old victim was walking
along the pavement towards a pedestrian crossing near the junction with Sherwood Close leading to Southampton Common.
When a cyclist passed very close to him at speed, the man told him he
should be on the road.
The cyclist then pushed the man to the ground and began kicking him before leaving the scene via Sherwood Close and Pointout Road.
The elderly man suffered cuts and bruising as a result.
Police are now searching for the cyclist who is described as white, aged 30 to 40, between 5ft 10ins and 6ft tall, of a medium build with strawberry blonde/ ginger hair in a pony tail.
The suspect was wearing a white t-shirt, carrying a backpack and with bags
on the handlebars of his bicycle.
Anyone with dash-cam footage or CCTV of the incident is being asked to contact Hampshire Police on 101, or report online and quote reference
number 44220161920.
ENDQUOTE
<https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-04-27/cyclist-beats-up-elderly-man-in-southampton-after-being-told-to-ride-on-the-road>
On 22/06/2023 07:51 pm, Spike wrote:
Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> wrote:
JNugent <jnugent@mail.com> wrote:
On 22/06/2023 05:01 pm, Spike wrote:
Cyclists never seem to grasp that discretion is the better part of valour >>>>> (apologies to Shakespeare), but instead must force their point on others. >>>>> Sometimes it’s just wiser to ride away, or hang back, or apply the brakes,
or stop at a pedestrian crossing or traffic light.
[ ... ]
So many of those cycling-chavs feel that they are entitled to far more >>>> than are other road-users (especially drivers and pedestrians).
But tell them to stay off the footway, or not to disobey traffic lights >>>> and you take your life in your hands.
Absolutely.
Wasn’t there an elderly man who was beaten to the ground for daring to tell
a cyclist that they shouldn’t be on the pavement? Although I doubt that was
a unique case.
Ah…here it is:
QUOTE
An elderly man has been beaten up by a cyclist in Southampton after telling >> him he shouldn't be riding on the pavement.
At around 7pm on Monday (April 25), the 80-year-old victim was walking
along the pavement towards a pedestrian crossing near the junction with
Sherwood Close leading to Southampton Common.
When a cyclist passed very close to him at speed, the man told him he
should be on the road.
The cyclist then pushed the man to the ground and began kicking him before >> leaving the scene via Sherwood Close and Pointout Road.
The elderly man suffered cuts and bruising as a result.
Police are now searching for the cyclist who is described as white, aged 30 >> to 40, between 5ft 10ins and 6ft tall, of a medium build with strawberry
blonde/ ginger hair in a pony tail.
The suspect was wearing a white t-shirt, carrying a backpack and with bags >> on the handlebars of his bicycle.
Anyone with dash-cam footage or CCTV of the incident is being asked to
contact Hampshire Police on 101, or report online and quote reference
number 44220161920.
ENDQUOTE
<https://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2022-04-27/cyclist-beats-up-elderly-man-in-southampton-after-being-told-to-ride-on-the-road>
Seen the Plymouth story?
Unbelievable...
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