{"id":133236,"date":"2016-01-27T14:17:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T14:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/?p=133236"},"modified":"2016-05-03T08:13:24","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T08:13:24","slug":"hit-and-run-cycling-victim-found-guilty-of-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.welovecycling.com\/wide\/2016\/01\/27\/hit-and-run-cycling-victim-found-guilty-of-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"Hit-and-Run Cycling Victim Found Guilty of Assault"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Richard Alan McDermott (37) was knocked off his bike in a hit-and-run collision leaving him extremely shocked. The car of Ian Lowson (41) effectively ran over the bicycle, leaving both wheels and handlebars damaged.<\/strong><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>It is the cyclist, who ended up in court, though, because when Mr McDermott tried to stop the driver for insurance details, Lowson objected, and the cyclist, in a fit of temper, smashed Lowson\u2019s passenger window with a D-lock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/profimedia-0262733938.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133141\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/profimedia-0262733938-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"It is the cyclist, who ended up in court, though, because when Mr McDermott tried to stop the driver for insurance details, Lowson objected, and the cyclist, in a fit of temper, smashed Lowson\u2019s passenger window with a D-lock.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Had he (Mr Lowson) stopped at the scene, had he helped out, had he offered assistance, I am sure this would never have deteriorated to the level it did. There could be no conceivable way that the driver didn&#8217;t know he had hit the cyclist,&#8221; McDermott\u2019s solicitor said to York Press.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We feel there was a lot of provocation on the part of the driver of the vehicle,&#8221; admitted the senior magistrate Malcolm Smith.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/profimedia-0251254091.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-133144\" src=\"https:\/\/d2p6e6u75xmxt8.cloudfront.net\/2\/2016\/01\/profimedia-0251254091-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"One eyewitness said he saw the vehicle accelerate and drive straight into the cyclist, but another claimed the driver was just trying to avoid a cone, so in the end Ian Lowson ended up in the driver improvement scheme.\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One eyewitness said he saw the vehicle accelerate and drive straight into the cyclist, but another claimed the driver was just trying to avoid a cone, so in the end Ian Lowson ended up in the driver improvement scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The cyclist pleaded guilty to criminal damage and assaulting the driver and was given a six-month conditional discharge by the court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Alan McDermott (37) was knocked off his bike in a hit-and-run collision leaving him extremely shocked. 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