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@clarion
Excellent news. What a horrible experience to go through, but I'm pleased that you didn't let it go, and it actually got to court.
My experience with the Met (and I've been assaulted three times - twice by cabbies) is that they can't be bothered, and won't even count it as a crime, so don't pass to the CPS. The Traffic Justice Unit does a great job in losing files, and the case of one guy who had his pelvis broken by a left-hooking truck driver only got to court because I (and one supportive Officer) forced them to reopen it after they'd lost everything. In case you're interested, the driver hadn't learned from his experience, and got himself three more points on his licence in the time it took to get the injury to court. Though the Magistrate was good, and basically told an obviously mendacious Bizzie to stop lying or step down from the stand, I came in for some fierce questioning - again based on the fact that I was a cyclist, and had somehow conspired with this guy I'd never spoken to or summat equally fanciful. I did my best. The driver was given one point short of his maximum, and thereby just saved from a ban.