Remember this story?

davelakers

Remember this?

Well I wonder whoever did this is a Times reader?

Horrible story.........

Slow Downcp

They should arrest the 'journalist' for being an accessory to murder :evil:

boybiker

It is incitement to murder, and the guy is clearly a pig ignorant tw@t if he thinks cyclists carry cans of drink which then then throw away.
It would be interesting to see what the police thought of such incitement, although unless you are actually being murdered when you phone the police they are not interested.

Stewie Griffin

http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Trip-wire-dea ... 4311448.jp

Perhaps a sign would have been a better idea.

robbie the roadie

horrible story indeed. However.

What were maybe looking at is a land owner who understandably is fed up with people illegally riding trial bikes over his land. Perhaps they have made numerous calls to the police which have been met with nothing more than a few PCSO's turning up an hour later and giving out a crime number. The land owner then feels that they must take action into their own hands. Obviously in this instance the course of action was completely wrong.

On the other side we have someone who most likely knows that they are riding illegally on private land. The lack of a helmet suggests this was not exactly a responsible dirt biker.

robmanic1

On 3 January, Parris apologised, "It was meant humorously but so many cyclists have taken it seriously that I plainly misjudged. I am sorry."

Good effort, using the old "I was only joking" get-out. The man clearly has issues, but what else would you expect from an ex-Thatcherite South African? (Apologies to any South Africans in the forum, balls to any ex-Thatcherites in the forum!).

ricadus

The ironic thing about Parris's criticism is that plastic drinks bottles don't fit most cyclists' bottle cages. Almost certainly they have been tossed out of passing cars by motorists or their passengers.