Because it's unlikely that the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act allows for suspension of a driving licence as a punishment upon conviction. It could be that some Road Traffic Act incorporates a list of offences under other Acts which can lead to suspension of a licence, or the rider might have been convicted of a separate offence under a Road Traffic Act which has similar punishments available, so the answer would be to see the full details of the case, not a newspaper article.
Because it's unlikely that the 1861 Offences Against the Person Act allows for suspension of a driving licence as a punishment upon conviction. It could be that some Road Traffic Act incorporates a list of offences under other Acts which can lead to suspension of a licence, or the rider might have been convicted of a separate offence under a Road Traffic Act which has similar punishments available, so the answer would be to see the full details of the case, not a newspaper article.