Christopher Coleman gets two and half years for fatally knocking over cyclist Eugene Maher

A man who fatally knocked down a cyclist when he drove a car at speed through a red light has been jailed for two and a half years.

Christopher Coleman gets two and half years for fatally knocking over cyclist Eugene Maher

A man who fatally knocked down a cyclist when he drove a car at speed through a red light has been jailed for two and a half years.

Eugene Maher (aged 62) died from head injuries hours after being struck by a car driven by Christopher Coleman (aged 27). He had been banned from driving at the time and had never held a driving licence.

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