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York cyclist jailed for crash which hospitalised pedestrian

Defence barrister Nicholas Hammond said that Wade’s actions were “reckless in the extreme” but she was “genuinely remorseful”.

Causing bodily harm by wanton and furious driving is an offence introduced in the mid-19th Century as part of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861.

One of the reasons it was originally enacted was to address the dangers posed by the increasing use of horse-drawn carriages and, subsequently, early motor vehicles.

Sentencing Wade, whose criminal record includes 137 previous offences, Recorder Taryn Turner said her riding had led to “tragic” consequences for the victim.

She said: “You shouldn’t have been on the pavement and your bike should have been mechanically sound, but it wasn’t.”

“I’m quite satisfied you made a deliberate decision to ignore the rules of the road and had a total disregard for the risk that your riding of this bike presented, which was obviously highly dangerous,” the recorder added.

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