The driver, who ran the two cyclists over killing them instantly and had pleaded guilty in court, had his prison sentence suspended by the judge... Now, the deceased' widows are suing him for over £200,000 in damages cycling
The wives of two cyclists who lost their lives in 2020 are suing the driver who struck them from behind and ran them over for more than £200,000 in damages, after his two-year prison sentence was suspended by the judge despite pleading guilty in court.
Mrs Natale said she felt like she was serving a life sentence and Ms Atherton told the court that she had lost her world, and that the fatal date was seared in her memory as"beyond tragedy, beyond awful, beyond anything I can imagine". > Cycling and the law: Are UK sentencing guidelines tough enough for motoring offences? Explaining Clifford Rennie’s sentence
At the packed hearing in November, Judge Michael Gledhill QC gave his reasons for suspending Rennie's sentence as that he was not driving at an excessive speed, wasn't under the influence of alcohol or drugs and hadn't been distracted by anything"as far as he knows". He added:"There was no such offence as causing death by careless driving and that would have been even worse from your point of view, when the maximum sentence would have been counted in terms of pounds rather than in terms of imprisonment.
He concluded:"[I am] dealing with a man whose life has not been destroyed as the lives of Mr Coles and Mr Natale, but it has been completely altered negatively probably for the rest of his life.
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