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Old October 3rd 19, 12:22 AM posted to uk.rec.cycling
Simon Jester
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Default A 'bloody idiot' is jailed for 8 years

On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 9:44:51 PM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:
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Judge Nicholas Heathcote Williams QC, passing sentence, said: 'Your driving was appalling. I consider this at the most serious level of dangerousness.

'You deliberately drove dangerously in a way that caused death. You showed complete disregard to the danger caused to others. More, as a cyclist, the deceased was a vulnerable user of the road.

'Your previous convictions show a history of aggressively promoting your own short term interests and a readiness to endanger others.

'Not only were you driving dangerously, you did so while you were on licence and were driving without a licence and insurance. You failed to report the incident.

'You also used a false name when confronted with police officers and absconded at the first opportunity. Mr Marchesini was in no way responsible for the collision.

'You are a selfish man. The sympathy you claim you feel is shallow. I accept you feel sad, but I suspect you feel sad for yourself as you will be in prison for a very long time.'

Richardson was sentenced to eight years in prison and a further four years on licence, with a possibility for parole at the earliest date of five years and four months. His driving licence will also be revoked.
ENDS

Revoked for the rest of the criminal driver's life, one hopes.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ght-years.html


"The road had only been made one-way three months earlier"
You see with your brain not your eyes. Cyclists' brains can process images in yocto seconds but it can take up to 3 years for a motorist's brain to process the same image. Might explain why they jump so many red lights.
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