Overview

• Andrew Wickenden was given a 14-week prison term suspended for 12 months, an 18-month driving ban, 150 hours of community work and ordered to pay court costs and a surcharge.
• CCTV released by Suffolk police captures Wickenden weaving among pedestrians and riding up and down steps on an uninsured electric unicycle moments before colliding with a two-year-old girl.
• PC Will Hudson described the collision as preventable, while senior officer Matt Dale warned that electric personal transport devices are illegal on public promenades and carry serious dangers.
• The toddler’s mother and grandmother condemned the sentence as insufficient, expressing ongoing fears about her long-term recovery and the safety of others on busy walkways.
• The case has drawn attention to a legal grey area around electric unicycles and prompted renewed calls for public safety campaigns and stricter enforcement of vehicle restrictions.