http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: Cambridge pensioner fed up with cyclists poured dog mess over man's head en Mon, 18 May 2026 22:59:50 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11630#post-132815 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:46:20 +0000 gembo 132815@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Cyclist said he was going to call the police</p> <p>Dog walker replied, oh dear are you going to call your mummy as well.</p> <p>i do not think they like each other.</p> <p>Dog walker, who definitely looks like her lurcher also claiming to have bought bells to distribute to cyclists </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11630#post-132814 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:41:48 +0000 crowriver 132814@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Mr Ramage, 40, later made a complaint to police and Currall was quizzed by officers at her home in Trumpington, Cambridge.</p> <p>She admitted a charge of assault by beating and was given a one year conditional discharge and ordered to pay £100 costs and £25 compensation to Mr Ramage to cover his dry cleaning bill." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11630#post-132813 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 23:35:43 +0000 Uberuce 132813@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>That dog does have a raffish cravat, though. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=11630#post-132810 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 22:54:57 +0000 Focus 132810@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/10440606/Cambridge-pensioner-fed-up-with-cyclists-poured-dog-mess-over-mans-head.html">Cambridge pensioner fed up with cyclists poured dog mess over man's head</a></p> <p>" <em>A pensioner tipped a bag of dog excrement over a Cambridge University lecturer as he cycled past her.</p> <p>Retired civil servant Susan Currall, 75, was fed up with cyclists "hurtling" towards her as she walked her four-year-old lurcher called Rosie near her home, Cambridge Magistrates' Court heard. </p> <p>...</p> <p>Monica Lentin, mitigating, said: "... What makes it worse is you get lots of young men with <strong>powerful bikes*</strong> riding at speed without any conscience that older people can't get out of the way easily." </p> <p>...</p> <p> The court heard how Currall had no previous convictions, but had received two cautions for common assault and criminal damage in 2007 following a dispute with a neighbour.</p> <p>Currall said after the hearing: "... A lot of people will be applauding me for what I did because cyclists can be such a pain in the neck. "</em></p> <p>Regardless of whether Mr Ramage rode inconsiderately (and there's nothing stating evidence that he did), what a vile form of abuse.</p> <p>* What are "powerful bikes"? Has someone been souping up their e-bike? </p>