Motorist accused of clipping and then punching and “choking” cyclist in road rage attack found not guilty The driver denied assaulting the cyclist on the Lake District’s Hardknott Pass and claimed that the rider punched his car and “hit me first” cycling
that Kermode was cycling with a group of friends in the Lake District when he rode on ahead on the Hardknott Pass, commonly regarded as one of the toughest climbs, if not the toughest, in the UK and one of the steepest roads in England.
“Mr Kermode felt that the driver had [close passed him] on purpose in retaliation for being stuck behind him.” “Lee Kermode was still straddling his bike when the altercation took place and both men fell to the ground and on to the bike, causing the bike frame to crack in three places. Two other cyclists who had been riding with Mr Kermode, Bisarya said, later reported seeing Mr French’s Volvo parked in a passing space further along the valley, as the motorist stood by the car holding a wrench.When interviewed by police, who were contacted by both men in the wake of the incident, the 36-year-old denied both clipping the cyclist with his car and assaulting him, and instead claimed that Mr Kermode had instigated the roadside scuffle.
“He hit me first,” Mr French told police at the time. “We had a scuffle where he hit me. I fell on his bike and he came at me again and then we just had a fight. Then I just tried to subdue him so he would calm down.”, the motorist said that he had been out for a drive in the Lake District with his girlfriend when they approached Mr Kermode on the Hardknott Pass, which French described as a “dangerous, single-track” road.
“He was saying things but I was more focused on the fact that he was moving towards me very quickly. He was in my face. I told him to get out of my face… He struck me in the face, on my cheek.”
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