Hit And Run Cyclist Brought To Justice
(Three-year-old Lucie with her mum, Lauren - SWNS)
(Andrew Holland, 24, pleaded guilty to riding a bicycle dangerously - SWNS)
A hit and run cyclist who knocked a three-year-old girl over and left her badly cut with bruises, has escaped jail.
He was riding on the pavement, when little Lucie Wilding stepped out of her front gate.
Andrew Holland, 24, fled the scene, but was later caught when the tot’s mother Lauren Howarth posted an image taken at the scene, on social media.
The incident occurred in Blackpool, Lancashire.
Dramatic CCTV footage played to Lancaster Magistrates Court shows Holland hurtling down the pavement in a bright orange jacket – moments before colliding with Lucie.
Her dad can be seen leaping over the garden wall, to scoop her up and take her into the family car.
(CCTV footage, taken from the scene - SWNS)
The court heard how “her face was covered in blood and she was taken straight to A&E”.
A victim statement read out, described how she sustained “scrapes, bumps and bruises”, suffered nightmares and woke up screaming, following the incident.
Her mother said she refuses to walk to the car and has to be picked up, is living with anxiety and her confidence has been knocked.
She added: “Every time she sees a bike now, she runs to me and wants ‘up’.
“She used to do ballet every Saturday but now it is a struggle to get her up to do it.”
Holland, a Subway team leader, pleaded guilty to riding a bicycle dangerously and was ordered to pay £829 in fines and costs.
