gaz wrote:I do not know whether Rory Palmer received any legal advice before choosing to enter a guilty plea.
Some reports suggest he was defended: http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/lat ... YqOy5GG.99
Mutahir Ahmed, defending, told the Magistrates Court: “Cycling is his hobby and he understands how dangerous it was. It was a windy day and he was coming down the hill. He did realise at the time he was going above 20mph but did not have a speedometer.”
Since Mr Palmer appears to have entered a guilty plea, in terms of "defending" I can only think it was a statement in mitigation made on his behalf before sentencing. However as someone was there to defend him it seems reasonable that he had advice to enter a guilty plea.
It would be interesting to know what the exact charge was although had it been "furious riding" I'd expect the press would have enjoyed including that bit of colour in the story.