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"Cyclist's road rage ordeal
RICHARD BALLS
November 25, 2003 06:56
A cyclist yesterday relived a road rage attack in Norwich which left him with a broken jaw and
needing two teeth removed.
Mick Powell, 54, secretary of the Norwich Road Runners Club, was thumped on the side of the face by
the passenger of a car, which had earlier tried to drive him off the road. He had to undergo
reconstructive surgery and was in hospital for four days after the assault on Dereham Road.
His ordeal happened at about 12.15pm on Saturday, October 25, and police described it as "vicious
and unprovoked".
Mr Powell said he was cycling with club member Glen Nelson and had just turned off Earlham Green
Lane into Larkman Lane, when the incident first flared up.
"I was aware of my mate saying something and the next minute a car tried to knock me off my bike,"
he said. "He pulled right in and, if I had been going fast, I would have come off.
"The guy on the passenger side was balling and shouting out of the window, and my mate said
something. We got to the end of Larkman Lane and I was sitting behind a white van, when I became
aware of someone running down this path.
"This guy just smacked me on the side of the head and kept on shouting, asking what I had said. I
told him I hadn't said anything and didn't know what it was about.
"It is not uncommon for a car to cut you up or to have people balling and shouting out of windows
and, generally, you take it with a pinch of salt. This time it went a little bit further.
"If ever I find him, I just want to know what started him off."
Mr Powell could only describe the car in which the offender was travelling as dark and has a limited
memory of his attacker.
He was white, about 5ft 9ins, late 20s, with short, dark brown hair, blue jeans and a brown jumper.
It was only when he attended hospital that he realised the extent of the injuries he suffered.
"I had to have two teeth taken out," he said. "There is a lot of numbness and it will be about 18
months whether or not I will get any feeling back."
He added: "It has put me off a little bit and you start to wonder about where to go cycling."
Any witnesses or anyone with any information should contact PC Belcher at Earlham Police Station on
01953 424242 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555111."
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