A man who was described as having “driven through” a cyclist has been jailed
for 20 months and banned from driving for 34 months.
He also had the BMW car he was in at the time confiscated from him under
what’s known as a deprivation order in Britain.
Such orders allow a vehicle used in the commission of a crime to be taken from the owner as part of the punishment for the offence.
Sean Fagan (29) was recorded on CCTV driving into Josh Dey (22) while on the
wrong side of the road in Swain’s Lane, Highgate, London, on Easter Sunday.
Fagan sent the medical student flying off his bike and crashing down hard
onto the road as he drove on in his black BMW convertible and fled the scene.
Dey was told by the police that he may be better if he acted immediately in
trying to secure any CCTV footage of the incident.
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They said by the time their investigators had time to start looking for CCTV
footage in the area it may have been recorded over.
Dey suffered a bleed on the brain, a broken nose and permanent damage to his knee but was still able to track down footage of the crash, below.
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The car that struck cyclist Josh Dey was driving on the wrong side of the road and hit him with such force it sent the medical student spinning through the air and left him fighting for his life in the middle of the street. He spoke to @ChloeKeedyITV about what happened. pic.twitter.com/UelQ6KjamF
— ITV London (@itvlondon) May 2, 2019
And faced with that damning recording of the hit and run, Fagan has pleaded
guilty to causing injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop after a road
traffic crash.
A sentencing hearing took place in Blackfriars Crown Court, London, today.
It was told the victim was still in a lot of pain and had been left fearful and
anxious about his future.
The court also heard Fagan explained his driving onto the wrong side of the
road by saying he had an intoxicated passenger in his car and was distracted by
that person at the time.
He claimed the crash was not deliberate, saying he lost control of the
vehicle because he was so distracted.
Fagan’s barrister, Ciara McElvogue, told the court in his defence that prior
to the offence before the court he had a clean licence.
“He lost control on the day in question through distraction,” she said. “He
failed to stop at the site of the incident through panic.
“Of course, in hindsight, he acknowledges he should have stopped. At the
moment he himself went into shock about the enormity of what had happened.
“He fully acknowledges not only the physical injuries that he has inflicted
to Mr Dey but also how catastrophic this has been to Mr Dey’s life.”
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