Overview
- Footage released by the Crown Prosecution Service shows Lee Turnage draw alongside a rider in Hythe Hill before striking him and knocking him from his bicycle.
- The victim was participating in the World Naked Bike Ride on August 9 in Colchester as part of a charity event.
- At Ipswich Crown Court, Turnage admitted dangerous driving, driving without insurance, criminal damage and actual bodily harm, plus knife possession and assaults on police in a separate incident at The Leather Bottle pub.
- Recorder Jeremy Benson handed down 14 months' imprisonment suspended for two years, 15 rehabilitation days, 75 hours of unpaid work, £2,000 compensation to the cyclist and £600 to police, licence revocation and a £200 fine.
- The cyclist’s impact statement details persistent pain, reduced mobility and mental-health effects, while prosecutors said one officer suffered a torn ear that required treatment.