A cyclist died after being mowed down by an Audi driver who was tired after partying with sex workers and taking cocaine mowed into him, a court heard.
Craig Howick, 38, caused "intelligent, kind and gentle" Alex Roberts, 47, with fatal injuries in the crash in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Cardiff Crown Court heard on Tuesday that following the collision, Mr Roberts was left bleeding, "abandoned like an animal" while Howick drove off.
The cyclist's distraught partner told the court of her anguish at the loss - as he woke from his hospital bed and asked her to marry him, only to die weeks later.
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