A 'bloody idiot' is jailed for 8 years

QUOTE:
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

On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 9:44:51 PM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
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.

On 03/10/2019 00:22, Simon Jester wrote:
On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 9:44:51 PM UTC+1, Simon Mason wrote:
QUOTE:
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.

"...driving without a licence and insurance...".

In other words, Richardson wasn't a motorist. He had none of the
necessary legal qualifications for that.

All he was qualified for was cycling. He was a cyclist illegally
pretending to be a "motorist".

On 02/10/2019 21:44, Simon Mason wrote:

His driving licence will also be revoked.

Will it make any difference?

On 03/10/2019 09:19, TMS320 wrote:
On 02/10/2019 21:44, Simon Mason wrote:

His driving licence will also be revoked.

Will it make any difference?

His "driving licence" cannot be revoked for rather obvious reasons: he
didn't have one (read the report again). And no insurance.

He was only qualified to be a cyclist, not a driver.

On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 9:19:56 AM UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:
On 02/10/2019 21:44, Simon Mason wrote:

His driving licence will also be revoked.

Will it make any difference?

Do we know if his revocation will still be in force when he gets let out of jail?

On 03/10/2019 21:14, Simon Mason wrote:

On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 9:19:56 AM UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:
On 02/10/2019 21:44, Simon Mason wrote:

His driving licence will also be revoked.

Will it make any difference?

Do we know if his revocation will still be in force when he gets let out of jail?

It is technically possible for a non-licence-holder, who of course, is
not a driver but is a cyclist*, to be banned from driving (which means
banned from obtaining a licence and banned from becoming a driver).

It isn't at all possible for a non-existent licence to be revoked.

Get yourself a dictionary.

[* Someone who has not got a driving licence is only qualified to ride a
bicycle (or drive a horse-drawn vehicle).

On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 9:18:44 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 03/10/2019 21:14, Simon Mason wrote:

On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 9:19:56 AM UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:
On 02/10/2019 21:44, Simon Mason wrote:

His driving licence will also be revoked.

Will it make any difference?

Do we know if his revocation will still be in force when he gets let out of jail?

It is technically possible for a non-licence-holder, who of course, is
not a driver but is a cyclist*, to be banned from driving (which means
banned from obtaining a licence and banned from becoming a driver).

It isn't at all possible for a non-existent licence to be revoked.

Get yourself a dictionary.

[* Someone who has not got a driving licence is only qualified to ride a
bicycle (or drive a horse-drawn vehicle).

Your new meds seem to be working too well, get the nurse to slow the drip.

On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 9:18:44 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 03/10/2019 21:14, Simon Mason wrote:

On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 9:19:56 AM UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:
On 02/10/2019 21:44, Simon Mason wrote:

His driving licence will also be revoked.

Will it make any difference?

Do we know if his revocation will still be in force when he gets let out of jail?

It is technically possible for a non-licence-holder, who of course, is
not a driver but is a cyclist*, to be banned from driving (which means
banned from obtaining a licence and banned from becoming a driver).

It isn't at all possible for a non-existent licence to be revoked.

Get yourself a dictionary.

[* Someone who has not got a driving licence is only qualified to ride a
bicycle (or drive a horse-drawn vehicle).

Yes 'J', you have made your point that cyclists use the roads as a matter of right rather than under licence.
If a person has never held a driving licence and never ridden a pedal cycle are they a cyclist?

On 04/10/2019 12:56, Simon Jester wrote:
On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 9:18:44 PM UTC+1, JNugent wrote:
On 03/10/2019 21:14, Simon Mason wrote:

On Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 9:19:56 AM UTC+1, TMS320 wrote:
On 02/10/2019 21:44, Simon Mason wrote:

His driving licence will also be revoked.

Will it make any difference?

Do we know if his revocation will still be in force when he gets let out of jail?

It is technically possible for a non-licence-holder, who of course, is
not a driver but is a cyclist*, to be banned from driving (which means
banned from obtaining a licence and banned from becoming a driver).

It isn't at all possible for a non-existent licence to be revoked.

Get yourself a dictionary.

[* Someone who has not got a driving licence is only qualified to ride a
bicycle (or drive a horse-drawn vehicle).

Yes 'J', you have made your point that cyclists use the roads as a matter of right rather than under licence.
If a person has never held a driving licence and never ridden a pedal cycle are they a cyclist?

A murderous chav who has never applied or paid for a driving licence,
taken or passed a test or bothered to buy insurance and has killed an
innocent road-user is not a driver. All they are qualified to do is ride
a bike (or, though it is now vanishingly uncommon, a vehicle which is
drawn by a draught animal).

What further qualifications would he need before riding a bicycle?

Is this even controversial?