On 05/01/2020 18:22, Simon Mason wrote:

He must have been rude or threatening to the cyclist.

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A man was punched to the floor and left with facial injuries after a man on a bike approached him and asked for money.

The 51-year-old victim was near an alleyway in Albion Street in Newark when he was approached by the man on a bike at around 8.30pm on Boxing Day, December 26.

The suspect then asked him for money before punching him to the floor and taking a bag of shopping from him.

The victim was left with facial injuries, although thankfully these are not believed to be serious.

Officers say that the offender is described as white and believed to be in his late 20s.

https://www.lincolnshirelive.co.uk/n...-after-3692581

"He must have been rude or threatening to the cyclist"?

Not necessarily at all.

He might simply have said, when the demand for money was made: "No".

We all know that cyclists don't take rejection or disapproval at all well.