On 05/11/2017 14:59, Christie wrote:

JNugent wrote:
On 04/11/2017 16:08, Peter Parry wrote:
Simon Jester wrote:

Seems rather harsh when, for the same offence, a motorist would get a A?60 fine at most.

For driving through a pedestrian only shopping area and running
someone down in the process? Seems unlikely.

Especially if he (or she)...

[...had been warned about the offence after committing it the previous day.]

It was a 'he'. The link provided says: "The cyclist, a 21-year-old man
from Stoke-on-Trent, pleaded guilty last month to causing bodily harm
by wilful misconduct when driving and was sentenced to 27 weeks in
prison."

For 'driving' read 'cycling', presumably.

Yes, that was made clear in the reporting of the Alliston case. It
wasn't really in doubt before that, though.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire-41842047