The woman had to undergo an operation to have screws inserted into her hip and was off work for weeks after she was swept off her feet by a 19-year-old as he cycled on the pavement.

The a student, who had a summer job working part-time for Zebra Cycle Hire, was fined £500 after he pleaded guilty to a charge of dangerous cycle riding.

The 19-year-old, of Bel Royal Mews, St Lawrence was testing a hire bike which had faults with the gears and the pedals when he collided with the finance worker on Commercial Street on the morning of 11 July.

As well as cycling on the pavement, he was also cycling in the wrong direction to the one-way system in place on the street.

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