Bristol driver knocked cyclist from bike then chased him with metal bar

If he is on licence then they can recall him to serve the remainder of his sentence. If they haven't then i would like to know why ????????????

I thought that if you were on a life sentence release license, then you had to be on best behaviour, such that you can be recalled to prison without even being convicted of another crime? 

Maybe this judgement is for this crime and the parole board/another judge will make a decision on the license?

Interested to hear some insight from people in the know.

Cheers!

I wonder how far in front of him the cyclist pulled out (a metre, ten metres, a hundred metres, just "at all").   And, I wonder whether these two gentlemen had met before? Even the most road-raging moton is unlikely to try to run someone off the road then chase them wielding a metal bar... IMO. (Unless they own a small London restaurant...).

Is there really such a thing as a "thinking skills" course?

Bray was given a four-month jail sentence, suspended for two years, and ordered to attend a thinking skills course.

And for those who haven't checked the link posted above

A father of three will spend at least seven years in jail after turning his ex-lover into a human fireball and leaving her with a life “full of pain and suffering”.

Mark Bray smirked and belched as he was sentenced to life at Oxford Crown Court today for trying to kill Coral Newman.

The judge said it had only been “by the grace of God” Ms Newman did not die from the injuries which have left her permanently scarred.

The court heard that Bray, of Parsons Mead, Abingdon, downed 10 cans of lager and snorted two lines of cocaine before storming to Ms Newman’s home in Draymans Walk on December 23.

I suggest the judge in each case has been a bit lenient with their sentencing.

If it's the same guy who was sentenced to life for attempted murder of his ex, by trying to burn her alive, at age 29, and if his "life" sentence meant a minimum of 7 years, then it seems he's only just out of prison by a year or so. And already he's back in court after trying to run people down and attack them with a metal bar?

careless driving??? I suppose it was careless to be carrying a metal bar too, and careless to run down the road in the same direction as the cyclist ran off?!

The Recorder James Townsend stated

you pleaded guilty at the earliest possible opportunity. REALLY?

Mark Bray, aged 37, initially told police he had swerved to avoid hitting a cat but later claimed that the cyclist had pulled out in front of him.

So two lies before being told two police officers witnessed what he did before he admits his guilt

Why did he plead guilty, a jury of fellow motorists wouldn't have convicted. 

I would think this might be the man:

http://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/4324388.Abingdon_thug_gets_life_for_set/

and

http://www.oxfordtimes.co.uk/news/8795690.DOMESTIC_ABUSE__My_ex_burned_me_alive/

If so, then the judge has a gift for understatement.

You would think that if the defendent already has a life sentence he would automatically be sent back to prison.

It might explain why the victim didn't want to get involved.

"You're a man who has a record which suggests you have a problem with your anger and a tendency to resort to violence.

"But you pleaded guilty at the earliest possible opportunity. You are in employment and you have been honest with your employer," he added.

the judge is a far bigger cunt than even the motorist...wish this sort of thing would happen to judges families a bit more then we might see some justice

I wonder why the cyclist didn't assist the police.