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South London cyclist attacker right and companion.jpgUpdated: Violent assault on London cyclist captured on film
The Metropolitan Police’s willingness to investigate clear wrongdoing has been severely criticised in light of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal.
Of course it would be good to think that was a one-off aberration under a previous Met. regime and one that had something to do with an unwillingness by detectives at the time to expose a culture of receiving press backhanders amongst their colleagues.
Things are different now. But take a look at this video and read the account on our forum posted by the road.cc regular who was the victim of the assault, about both incident and the police’s attempt to bring the attacker to book.
Although the registered keeper of the car was easily traceable it seems that on the day in question the vehicle was left unlocked with the keys in the ignition, only for it to be taken without consent but somehow later returned to the owner by person or persons unknown.
Could happen I suppose, after all there are some very considerate, violently thuggish car thieves out there who sometimes repent and, racked with guilt, simply return the stolen vehicle to its rightful owner completely undamaged.
In which the case the registered keeper will no doubt be keen to help track down the person filmed in the assault in order to thank them for seeing the error of their ways, at least in terms of the return of the car, if not the attack on a cyclist who was hardly in a position to defend himself.
What we can say about the assailant is that he looks about 30, medium height and build, possibly married judging by the ring on his left hand, bit temperamental, fancies himself as a hard man (with his mates in tow of course), punches like a girl.
Over to you tweeters, bloggers and off-duty coppers.
UPDATE: The Metropolitan Police tell us that this case remains the subject of an on-going investigation by detectives from Bexley CID. We will, of course, bring you news of any further developments as and when they occur.
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the assailant has handed himself in to the Police and is in custody now - thanks for all the support Road.cc !!!!
Good news Simon. http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/9139998.UPDATE__Man_arrested_over_cycl...
Great news. I look forward to hearing how the story continues to unfold.
-If the vehicle was taken then that's something their insurance company should know about and reflect in the premiums.
-There's also the detail that mobile phone records can often show the path of a phone round the city, and perhaps correlate it with vehicle movements.
The entire journalism profession is too busy navel-gazing following the NotW debacle to pay any attenion to a cyclist getting a thump by a knuckle-dragger.
Well said, there are idiot like this all over the place, from the well to do areas down to the highrise low rent areas - in and out of London. In the same way we have bad drivers who couldn't give a toss about cyclists and generous motorists who do. In cases like this when even the Police aren't interested, you just have to hope Karma exists
Yeah, see what you've done
Having lived in and cycled in and around London for years i don't envy anyone doing so, i'm now out in deepest Gloucestershire and although the driving is better you still get the fools. I've spent a lot of time riding and training around Avignon, Bergerac and Bourg en Bresse and French drivers are 100 percent better than the English. Far more considerate, nicer and they stop for you, it's unheard of. The first time i rode there i was stunned. Even the kids urge you on as if you were riding a tour. Couple this with really nice roads, it's cycling mecca
whats even more sad is they can breathe
Lots of stereotyping going on here, people in white shirts and short hair are all in the BNP?? All cops are bent and don't do there jobs properly?? All cyclist are anti-car...etc, etc. Whilst I hope this guy is caught and dealt with, those who think all people tell the truth during police enquiries must live in cloud cuckoo land!!! It's good to see this blog as this guy should be identified soon.
@tinuts I agree. If the Police decide not to take any action, for whatever reason, a complaint should be made to their ombudsman to inquire as to why no action was taken.
I'd attempt to get it broadcast on Crimewatch.
The ludicrous behaviour of those members of (what passes as) our Police force is not so surprising as it falls in line with the current appalling attitude of a significant number of UK motorists towards cyclists. Nevertheless, given the officers obvious failure to do anything remotely approaching an acceptable job I'd report them to the Professional Standards department of the police force concerned.
Really brave, those guys in the car - i wonder how brave they would be if they weren't mob handed - the real losers in this are plod - if they can't get a prosecution from this then there is no hope that they will ever get to the bottom of the phone hacking affair
- very sad - hope the rider is ok
Why should I, as a road.cc regular, have an anti-car point of view? I drive a car and have done so for 30+ years. I also ride a bicycle.
I like Top Gear, so should that make me be anti bike?
I am a regular person who likes to ride his bike. I am pretty careful but I tend not to be too happy when car drivers are not careful around me. The VAST majority of motor vehicle drivers are careful and considerate. The same can be said about cyclists. There are always a few who give the others a bad name, in every walk of life - car drivers, cyclists, policemen, chefs ...
OK guys - the cyclist who was hit did not say anything to the assailants and did not make any hand signal gestures to them either. The car had cut up another rider and had stopped to give a lot of extrordinary verbal abuse. Then they were driving off again, having threatened to run me over, and clipped me with a wing mirror. They stopped and you saw the result.
Anyway, I am off to Paris on a 24 hour charity ride tonight so if anyone wants to sponsor me - http://www.bmycharity.com/L2P24 - go for it!
It should also be added that the best thing a cyclist can do to prevent such attacks is not to provoke drivers in the first place. If you hate cars then you're entitled to your opinion, but that doesn't mean you have to go round trying to make driving more difficult for everyone on the assumption that all car journeys are somehow "illegitimate".
If the cyclist concerned is a road.cc regular then let's face it, it's pretty likely that he has an anti-car point of view.
Absolute rubbish. People dont become anticar just because they ride a bike.
As for "provoking" drivers, again rediculous. They're not territorial tigers willing to attack to defend their territory, they're people like us.
You've made a lot of assertations with little to back it up. It in no way helps cyclists, motorists or anyone else... and in all reality this is about assault not the "us and them" you've tried to portray.
Congratulations!
You win the award for Moron Of The Week.
Please return next week and have another go. Based on the above quote I'm sure you would have no problem securing this prestigious award again.
Hmmm...
Why would being a member of a cycling website make you anti car?
Aggressive and obnoxious driving cause a lot of these incidents, cars going for narrow gaps, pushing cyclists into traffic furniture on narrow roads, not giving enough room whilst overtaking. These are just some of the incidents and that's if they see you at all. You have to stand your ground when this happens, this doesn't mean abusing people but sometimes means confronting drivers, you don't expect to be punched whilst trying to suggest to a driver he's driving dangerously.
Some motorists have the opinion that it's 'their' road and cyclists shouldn't be on it, some are just bad drivers, some are just bullies and some give cyclists lots of room and are a pleasure to be around. Most if not all people on here are both motorists and cyclists and would treat other road users as they wished to be treated.
To suggest this incident is anything less than mindless thuggery is just lunacy.
What a load of BOLLOCKS!!! This takes the prize as the stupidest comment I've seen on road.cc in the two years I've been lurking here.
I'm a road.cc regular, I have cycled for most of my 56 years and own two bikes, I also own a car and have held a full driving licence for nearly 40 years. I do not hate cars and don't treat all car jouneys as 'illegitimate'.
I'll criticise poor driving as quickly as I will poor cycling. It's people who are the problem, not their choice of vehicular propulsion.
You obviously haven't been "lurking" hard enough. But I agree, this is a pretty stupid comment. Rather like comments in the 1950s Deep South about African Americans deserving getting beaten up if they were "uppity."
4 weeks after doing a Wiggo, on my bike for 1st time me and a mate got taken out by a Merc,broken ribs etc luckily collarb ok. Guy drove of, luckily taxi driver chased him and reported to the police that it was a 19 year old kid and that he had threatenend the taxidriver when he got to his house.
Best bit is he told police "its my dads car, i stole it (no insurance there then!) i did it and drove of" and guess what CPS didnt want to prosecute!
Welcome to cycling on the roads........
how is it for other vehicle related prosecution |(ie speeding, jump lights etc) the onus is on the vehicle owner to provide driver details - and if they dont -or cant - they can be hit with MS90 (failure to provide driver details)?
double standards - for a simple piece of revenue generation they follow letter of the law - for a real crime .......they cant be arsed!
I believe Shabs5000 has nailed this in one. I wonder had the cyclist damaged the car if the police would have charged him with criminal damage. Second class citizens for riding bikes. A very poor effort Met.
Thugs!! Probably been down the pub and tanked up on booze.
Not uncommon to get abuse when out riding. Friend has been threatened, but never punches thrown. Only a matter of time though I suspect, unfortunately!
Something needs to be done to change this apalling attitude of drivers towards cyclists and pedestrians.
Hope these guys are ok.
Mm watched this quite a few time. The woman in the black dress with the white prints on seems to come from the back to the front and be very helpful with the reg etc. I think she may know of these "people" from the past.. If you have her contact details, may well be worth asking if she knows any more..
I ride through the village most days so I'll keep an eye out for this car.
Surely the vehicle owners story is rubbish and the Police could do more if they wanted to?
How come the police have the powers to charge people with withholding information if their car is caught speeding and the driver says it was not them
I would use the same law against the owner of this car, he/she is clearly withholding information because no-one steals a car and returns it, i can almost guarantee they are withholding the details because its a mate
I'm not sure the police would investigate anything to do with cycling even if the offender left his name, address, phone number and DNA sample at the scene,
As a serving Police Officer in Northern Ireland, I have never heard such Bull. If a Police officer here didnt investigate this they would find themselves infront of the Police Ombudsman very quickly!!!! How much evidence do they need? This is Bread & Butter policing.
@Fluffy, excellent news, excellent news.
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