Barry Eric Meyer |
A
tipper truck driver, who jumped a red light and killed a cyclist
during the morning rush-hour, is starting a three-and-a-half year
sentence.
Barry
Eric Meyer, 53, of Aubrey Road, Walthamstow was unlicensed and
uninsured when he crushed 54 year-old Alan Neve to death.
The
Poplar father-of-one was cycling to his job in Soho where he was an
auditor for the Performing Arts Society when run over in Holborn at
9.25am on July 15, 2013.
Meyer
has five previous driving disqualifications, which include two
drink-drive convictions.
He
pleaded guilty at Blackfriars Crown Court to causing death by
careless driving and was also disqualified from driving for ten
years.
Alan Neve |
Detective
Sergeant Cheryl Frost, from the Roads and Transport Policing Command,
said:
"I
would like to express my gratitude to the family of Alan Neve.
“They
have carried themselves with the utmost dignity throughout this
process which has lasted almost two years.
“It
has been an extremely difficult time for them but their desire to
assist us and support this investigation is testament to their
strength."
The
Neve family released their own statement, which Read: “Alan
was a kind, loving, optimistic, law-abiding man who had many years of
life ahead of him.
“It
was his great misfortune to travel the same route as Mr Meyer on
Monday 15th July 2013.
“Many
people have been deeply affected by Alan's death. We are relieved
that there has finally been an end to this process and that there is
some sense of justice for Alan.
“Alan
will never ever be forgotten.”
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