Cyclist sentenced after pedestrian seriously injured
Lucasz Pietrzyk was sentenced following the accident on Elizabeth Way in Cambridge
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A cyclist has been sentenced after a pedestrian was left with "life-changing injuries".
The 56-year-old was knocked to the ground and hit his head after a cyclist failed to stop at a pedestrian crossing at a red light in Cambridge in May 2022.
He was taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital with a fractured skull and bleeding on the brain and was treated for seven months.
Lucasz Pietrzyk, of The Rowans, in Milton, near Cambridge, was sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for 18 months and given 120 hours of unpaid work.
The incident happened when Pietrzyk was cycling on Elizabeth Way in Cambridge on 4 May 2022 at about 15:45 BST.
Pietrzyk appeared at Cambridge Crown Court to plead guilty to causing bodily harm by wanton/furious driving.
PC Tom Robinson, of Cambridgeshire police, said the cyclist demonstrated remorse but a "lapse in concentration" had left a man with "life-changing injuries."
He said: "The victim now suffers with severe memory loss and has complex needs as a result of the incident.
"Cyclists, like any other road users, are obliged to take reasonable care to avoid causing damage to others using, or present, on the road."
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