Driver broke cyclist’s back when he crashed into him after work drinks

A DRIVER broke a cyclist’s back when he ploughed head-on into him after drinking two pints at a work event.

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Shocking CCTV footage played at Nottingham Crown Court showed James Barber's BMW Sport career into the bike, sending the blameless rider flying over the bonnet and on to the road.

Seconds earlier, dashcam footage captured by a driver following the 35-year-old defendant filmed him swerving across the middle line.

The cyclist, a father-of-two, said his wife had to give him water through a straw and shave and shower him, after the collision.

Imposing a 22-month jail term, suspended for two years, Recorder Michelle Heeley KC said: “You had been out at a work event and made a foolish decision to drink two pints.

“I accept you were not speeding but you were swerving across the road, overtook a parked car and drove into the victim. You simply did not see him.