Drink drive mum admits 'I hate cyclists' after Bacardi and Coke-fuelled horror smash

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Bacardi and Coke. After hitting a woman on her bicycle, Janice McVicar, 57, who paused in the middle of the road to remove an airbag from her view before crashing into a parked car which sent her flash vehicle toppling over, M.E.N reports.McVicar from Eccles, bizarrely admitted to police: "I hate cyclists, I can’t stand them," Manchester Crown Court heard.Cyclist Jade Edmonds needed intensive surgery after the smash in Swinton, Greater Manchester, left her with horrendous injuries including brain damage and a partial loss of sight in one eye.Medical issues of her own rendered McVicar unfit to stand trial so rather than undergoing a criminal trial, the jury simply decided on Wednesday that she had committed the acts she was accused of.But, as McVicar’s GP concluded that she falls under the Disability Act, she was given an absolute discharge from court without any time in jail.

Instead, her driving licence will be sent to the Secretary of State to decide whether she will be disqualified.In a ‘trial of the facts’ the jury previously heard that the incident occurred on June 7, 2020 at around 6.15pm, when Ms Edmonds was cycling up Moorside Road.The pair met at the top of the road at a sharp bend where the woman was hit by McVicar's car.

Ms Edmonds doesn’t remember the incident, the jurors were told.Emergency services attended and once out of the car McVicar was spoken to by the police, and said to one officer: “I know I shouldn’t have been driving.