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Justice (Lonpicman, Wikimedia Commons)Jail for Lancashire man who pushed cyclist off bike then threw it at him
A Lancashire man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for unlawful wounding after he pushed a cyclist over then threw his bike at him.
The assault took place in Ryelands Park, Lancaster, earlier this year, reports the Lancashire Evening Post.
The victim, a 47-year-old man, saw Kieron Burke, aged 27, and another man banging on windows and walking on the road, saws the newspaper.
He attempted to ride around the pair, who appeared to have had too much to drink, but Burke struck him with his arm, knocking the cyclist from his bike.
Richard Bennett, prosecuting said Burke then began to punch the victim, who kicked out at him in an attempt to get away.
Once he got free, however, Burke threw his bike at him, with Mr Bennett saying, “fortunately it missed him,” and the victim then called the police.
Burke pleaded guilty to the charge of unlawful wounding and passing sentence, Judge Simon Altham said the incident warranted a custodial sentence.
Simon joined road.cc as news editor in 2009 and is now the site’s community editor, acting as a link between the team producing the content and our readers. A law and languages graduate, published translator and former retail analyst, he has reported on issues as diverse as cycling-related court cases, anti-doping investigations, the latest developments in the bike industry and the sport’s biggest races. Now back in London full-time after 15 years living in Oxford and Cambridge, he loves cycling along the Thames but misses having his former riding buddy, Elodie the miniature schnauzer, in the basket in front of him.
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We could have some more upbeat tenuous road.cc stories too though?
"Cyclist Wins National Lottery"
"Bike Owner Wins East Hempstead Bye Election"
"Twin Bike Users Separated At Birth Reunited"
Burke by name, berk by nature...
What does this have to do with cycling? The victim happened to be on a bike, but it could've happened to anyone.
What does this have to do with cycling? The victim happened to be on a bike, but it could've happened to anyone.
Just answered your own question.....
Well, it does help to foster the victim mentality / agenda that Road.cc likes to push in it's articles. But other than that it's not really much of a cycling story is it?
Perhaps it's not cycle sport and it's as much a general street violence article since these morons would probably have assaulted the victim if he was walking down the road but he was riding a bike so there's clearly a cycling link. Personally, I don't see the problem.
Indeed. I think it also highlights that being in a car seems to confer some sort of immunity from prosecution. If these thugs had decided to get in their car, drive past the cyclist and "accidentally" swerve across his path then they would likely have got away with a small fine.
A bike was thrown, and potentially damaged!
What an imagination you have. They were rat-arsed and would have been done for drunk driving at the very least.
The person was a cyclist and was the victim of an assault, how is that "fostering th victim mentality"?
Doesn't have a lot to do with cycling, really. It could certainly have happened to a pedestrian.
Though a motorist likely wouldn't have been involved in the first place, as its in the nature of driving that motorists tend to be cut off from the environment they are travelling through (which I'd argue is one small part of the reason why cycling is better for urban areas!).
Also, it would have been more newsworthy if the drunk had thrown a motorist's car at him.
To be honest they would still be removing his head from up his arse if that had been me
Then why the hell can't car drivers guilty of the same actions be dealt with similarly. A big plus for the judge here.