Please report dangerous drivers to the police - Roadsafe. Report to plod, not just whinge here.

I guess this is the place to post this & I apologize in advance for the length of this post.

I'm having a crisis of conscience & I would like the hive opinion.

In May 2013, a guy beeped at my then girlfriend as he went past really close to her, I was in front of her 20 metres or so but she was upset enough about it to say that we should talk to the guy. We found him at the next set of lights and I cycled in front of him and she remonstrated to which he replied amused 'where you scared?' anyway about 10 minutes later we saw him again, he was in the left lane to turn left and we continued straight, when the lights changed he changed his mind, went straight on, beeped twice at my girlfriend, she gave him the finger and he intentionally hit me, gently but I came off and got some bad bruising, hurt my wrist, thankfully the bike had only to tiny chips of paint & scuffs to the (vintage) hoods (it was a new build so I threw my body under it to take the force) He then drove off. I had his registration number in my head so I reported it immediately to the police. It went to court a year and a half later and he was charged with driving without due care and attention (it was never considered as deliberate despite my then girlfriend saying it was in her witness statement, he was more in trouble for fleeing the scene, he claimed in his defense that he didn't realize he had hit me, a blatant lie) but I was so traumatized by the experience of the court case (it was in France so in a second language and in public) that I didn't go back to find out what the punishment was.

Months later I got a cheque from my insurance for nearly 700Euro & I thought that was that. Then a couple of months ago I got the report saying that he had been banned for 4 months and he must pay me additional compensation of 2000 euro & on Saturday I got a letter saying that he is about to appeal the decision.

The guy is a normal guy, I guess he's not a rich guy, he was driving a shitty old Clio, he is also an HGV driver so the ban for sure impacted/will impact his work & finances so in some ways I feel bad, I don't really need the money (I'm not rich but I'm not on the bread line) & I'm tempted to say that if this guy acknowledges he was wrong and apologizes that I will let it go, I should add that he was totally unapologetic in court so I'm also concerned that he will think it was all too easy if I give him the chance to do the right thing, saying that I'm not sure the ban has even been implicated yet so I don't know what to do. Should I let it go? Should I take the money and buy some nice new wheels? or should I try to get more money? (me and my then girlfriend since broke up and this incident came up a couple of times in the disputes surrounding our break up). Should I give the guy a chance to do the right thing? Has he been stressing these last 3 years losing sleep, questioning his own actions? or was it just one of a list of shitty things he's done to people on and off the road & he only thinks about it when he gets a letter from the court?

I'm sure there will be little mercy for the guy here but I don't want to destroy a guys life, at the same time he did a shitty thing (beeping at women on bikes trying to scare/flirt with them then hitting someone deliberately and leaving the scene) & it could have been a lot worse. Thoughts?