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Police search for man who shoulder-barged woman cyclist, knocking her off bike and into bus lane

Incident, which officers are treating as assault, happened last month in Newcastle

Northumbria Police have issued a photograph of a man they want to speak to in connection with an incident in Newcastle which a pedestrian shoulder-barged a woman who was cycling, knocking her into a bus lane.

The incident took place on Bridge Street at around 9am on Wednesday 24 October, reports Chronicle Live.

The woman fell into the road, but fortunately no vehicles were passing at the time.

Officers are treating the incident as assault and an investigation is ongoing.

A police spokesperson said: "Enquiries into the incident are ongoing and police are treating the incident as assault.

"Now officers are in a position to release an image of a man who may be able to assist with their investigation as he was in the area at the time.

"The man, or anyone who knows his identity, is encouraged to contact police on 101 quoting reference 141569E/18 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

"You can also report online at www.northumbria.police.uk/contact or email 8608 [at] northumbria.pnn.police.uk ."

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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Eton Rifle | 5 years ago
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"This is a local path.  For local people.  There's nothing for you here!"

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Exup | 5 years ago
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Any gallows in Newcastle anymore?

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3mkru73 replied to Exup | 5 years ago
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Exup wrote:

Any gallows in Newcastle anymore?

Not in the town centre, but we do on the outskirts... A very popular route for cyclists too. 

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/winter-s-gibbet

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cougie | 5 years ago
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Presumably that pic is either from the cyclist or a good samaritan pedestrian passing by ?

 

You can taste the bile can't you.  Such a big brave man to knock a woman into a road. 

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cougie | 5 years ago
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Presumably that pic is either from the cyclist or a good samaritan pedestrian passing by ?

 

You can taste the bile can't you.  Such a big brave man to knock a woman into a road. 

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ChrisB200SX | 5 years ago
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"Now officers are in a position to release an image of a man who may be able to assist with their investigation as he was in the area at the time."

I'm not sure we can assume the guy in the picture is necessarily the culprit. I would like to see this all over the national news outlets though, as it sounds no different to the jogger who pushed the woman into a bus lane on a London bridge.
#CyclistsLivesMatter

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burtthebike | 5 years ago
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So Alliston tried to avoid the pedestrian who stepped out in front of him and was tarred and feathered.  This guy deliberately assaults a cyclist and the msm immediately start ignoring it. 

I'm so glad the media in this country isn't biased*.

 

 

*may contain traces of irony.

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Zebulebu | 5 years ago
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More gammon there than a butcher's window at Christmas

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Organon replied to Zebulebu | 5 years ago
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Zebulebu wrote:

More gammon there than a butcher's window at Christmas

Cycling prevents Gammonization.

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roadmanshaq | 5 years ago
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I'm sure I've seen this chap before 

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brooksby replied to roadmanshaq | 5 years ago
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roadmanshaq wrote:

I'm sure I've seen this chap before 

I'd certainly agree that Chris Grayling seems to have let himself go a bit, but that's being in Govt for you... 

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davel replied to brooksby | 5 years ago
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brooksby wrote:

roadmanshaq wrote:

I'm sure I've seen this chap before 

I'd certainly agree that Chris Grayling seems to have let himself go a bit, but that's being in Govt for you... 

Chris Grayling 'in government'.  21 I see what you did there. 

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brooksby replied to davel | 5 years ago
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davel wrote:

brooksby wrote:

roadmanshaq wrote:

I'm sure I've seen this chap before 

I'd certainly agree that Chris Grayling seems to have let himself go a bit, but that's being in Govt for you... 

Chris Grayling 'in government'.  21 I see what you did there. 

Absolutely - before he went into politics, he looked like this yes :

 

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STATO | 5 years ago
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Only part of this road has a shared path (over the bridge), for the rest of it cyclists are to ride in the very busy bus lanes. Of course as with many of these schemes there is no signage to tell you what is/isnt shared space or how/when to cross between the road and path.  Its the main route into Newcastle from that direction so is very busy, lots of cyclists use the (generally) wide pavements for the entire length. At Junctions the bus lanes end early to allow cars to use the lane to turn left, and at the newcastle end has the bus lane stops and leaves cyclists fighting cars trying to get into the left lane to join the motorway.

Ive ridden this road a lot but took the bus along it yesterday and it hit me how truly aweful it is for cycling , especially given its got a massive amount of students along it and it has such opportunity to have a massive amount of cycle traffic from Byker and beyond.

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Legs_Eleven_Wor... | 5 years ago
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Jogger knocks pedestrian into carriageway - media goes into meltdown. 

Pedestrian knocks cyclist into carriageway - look, over there - Cheryl's back! 

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marcswales | 5 years ago
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If the police would like to spend sometime in any of the local Facebook pages, they will probably find him boasting of it.

 

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marcswales | 5 years ago
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If the police would like to spend sometime in any of the local Facebook pages, they will probably find him boasting of it.

 

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sorebones | 5 years ago
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You'll probably find him in the audience of the next Question Time.

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Legs_Eleven_Wor... replied to sorebones | 5 years ago
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sorebones wrote:

You'll probably find him in the audience of the next Question Time.

*applause*

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brooksby | 5 years ago
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Was this the usual thing where she was cycling on shared use that he thought was pedestrians only? 

I'm glad the police are treating it as assault, though I do wonder what else they'd think it would be...?

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