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Rider left with broken eye socket after he complained about closepass - THUG JAILED



 
 
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Old February 21st 21, 01:00 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Rider left with broken eye socket after he complained about closepass - THUG JAILED

A driver punched a cyclist in the face five times and left him with a broken eye socket after the rider commented on his driving.

Ex-soldier Philip Corner attacked the man in front of other motorists on a busy road before getting back in his car and driving away.

The Express and Star report (link is external) the former boxer pushed the cyclist across the road and landed a series of punches while the 57-year-old rider was still on his bike.

Corner then drove off but returned to the scene shortly afterwards and claimed to police that he had been defending himself.

However, other drivers insisted that he had been the aggressor and had got out of his car after exchanging words with the cyclist through the window.

Mr Richard Crabb, prosecuting, said the cyclist gestured with his hand because he thought Corner’s Volvo passed too close to him on Yelland Road, in Barnstaple, Devon.

During the incident, which took place on December 26, 2019, the two men exchanged words before Corner got out and punched the cyclist five times causing an eye injury which is still causing numbness and blurred vision.

Judge Peter Johnson told him: "This was road rage and people who commit violence of that sort usually go straight to prison.

"I have read your army reference and you left with an exemplary record.

“That makes this offence all that much more shameful.

"You were clearly experiencing some stress in your life at the time when the cyclist remonstrated at your window, but none of that explains why you lost your temper so badly.”

Corner admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was jailed for 12 months, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to pay £1,500 compensation at Exeter Crown Court.

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Old February 21st 21, 05:19 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Rider left with broken eye socket after he complained about closepass - DEFENDANT NOT JAILED

On 21/02/2021 12:00 pm, wrote:

A driver punched a cyclist in the face five times and left him with a broken eye socket after the rider commented on his driving.

Ex-soldier Philip Corner attacked the man in front of other motorists on a busy road before getting back in his car and driving away.

The Express and Star report (link is external) the former boxer pushed the cyclist across the road and landed a series of punches while the 57-year-old rider was still on his bike.

Corner then drove off but returned to the scene shortly afterwards and claimed to police that he had been defending himself.

However, other drivers insisted that he had been the aggressor and had got out of his car after exchanging words with the cyclist through the window.

Mr Richard Crabb, prosecuting, said the cyclist gestured with his hand because he thought Corner’s Volvo passed too close to him on Yelland Road, in Barnstaple, Devon.

During the incident, which took place on December 26, 2019, the two men exchanged words before Corner got out and punched the cyclist five times causing an eye injury which is still causing numbness and blurred vision.

Judge Peter Johnson told him: "This was road rage and people who commit violence of that sort usually go straight to prison.

"I have read your army reference and you left with an exemplary record.

“That makes this offence all that much more shameful.

"You were clearly experiencing some stress in your life at the time when the cyclist remonstrated at your window, but none of that explains why you lost your temper so badly.”

Corner admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was jailed for 12 months, suspended for 18 months, and ordered to pay £1,500 compensation at Exeter Crown Court.

https://road.cc/content/news/ex-sold...-attack-281081


There, fixed your faulty headline for you.

No charge.

"Corner admitted causing grievous bodily harm and was jailed for 12
months, *suspended* for 18 months...".
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Old February 21st 21, 06:29 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Rider left with broken eye socket after he complained about closepass - THUG JAILED

On Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 12:00:58 PM UTC, wrote:

This is a duplicate of the "Road rage driver attacked cyclist before wishing witnesses 'Merry Christmas'" post I sent on 5FEB21. For some reason, road.cc, has published it twice.

Another reader commented as such and the article has since been deleted.
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Old February 21st 21, 06:53 PM posted to uk.rec.cycling
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Default Rider left with broken eye socket after he complained about closepass - THUG JAILED

On 21/02/2021 05:29 pm, wrote:

On Sunday, February 21, 2021 at 12:00:58 PM UTC, wrote:

This is a duplicate of the "Road rage driver attacked cyclist before wishing witnesses 'Merry Christmas'" post I sent on 5FEB21. For some reason, road.cc, has published it twice.

Another reader commented as such and the article has since been deleted.


Isn't it amazing...
 




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