Stronger punishments for road users who injure, including
cyclist who hit pedestrian in Holborn  Cyclist Andrej Schipka
was fined £850 plus £930 costs after being found guilty of
crashing into a solicitor who was on a pedestrian crossing at
Holborn Viaduct at the time of the collision.  Solicitor Clive
Hyer suffered permanent brain damage when his skull was
fractured along its whole length in the crash.  In a victim
statement read to the court Mr Hyer said: "There is barely a
moment of any given day that does not result in my feeling the
impact of the damage.  "I continue to suffer from significant
cognitive problems as a result of the accident.  "I am finding
it difficult to make decisions, and suffering from an inability
to process infromation if it is in a written form.  "In summary,
I feel only 40 percent or so of the person I felt prior to the
accident."  Crashes of this severity involving cycles are rare
and, not surprisingly, the conviction has generated a strong
reaction, with many people suggesting t