A Porsche driver has gone on trial accused of killing a cyclist and young father while 'distracted by his mobile phone' on a North Yorkshire road
Cocaine traces were also found in his system, though he was not over the limit for either drugs or alcohol. Mr Bryan initially claimed that the cocaine had come from kissing his girlfriend, but later admitted to taking it intentionally.
The regular cyclist, who was exercising alone during lockdown, was wearing a helmet and his bike had recently been serviced. The court heard he died from head trauma after being thrown onto the Porsche’s windscreen. He left a son and daughter aged just three and one at the time. Mr Bryan told police in interviews that Mr Jackson had swung out into the car’s path, though a police reconstruction found that the bike was not positioned in the middle of the road when the collision occurred. Messages were retrieved from his mobile phone which referred to Mr Bryan being hungover.
His defence counsel will argue that Mr Bryan was not ‘impaired’ through alcohol and drug use and that he was in a ‘fit and proper’ state to drive. They will present a case for Mr Jackson moving ‘without warning’ further into the road.
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