Tipper Truck Driver Who Jumped Light And Killed Cyclist Is Jailed

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.”