Court case- CPS v a driver that assaulted me last June

Sounds like a stressful experience, glad that you saw it through and some justice (however small) will be served. With any luck he'll screw up his probbation and end up in jail on the receiving end of similar threats and actions that he directed at you....

I dunno. I mean, it was stressful, but I didn't actually get punched, and was ok by the evening (in time to see Alex Dowsett's legendary performance). Court was stressful but also absolutely fascinating, and sort of my duty really, so I wouldn't not have gone- same for the two witnesses I think.
I think he'll get a community sentence of a decent length- 6 months minimum the magistrate said. And as he has no previous convictions (although that doesn't mean he has no previous arrests/ wasn't already known to the police), I think this is about right- I for one would rather our prison population doesn't grow any further.
I hope the main outcome is that he is patient with cyclists, and maybe one or two people he knows will be, and maybe the legal bods involved in the case will have learnt something about cyclists' rights.