Dashcam footage from inside the van, shown to the court, captured Okotie turning the steering wheel sharply, sending the cyclist under two of the vehicle’s wheels.<\/p>\n
The victim needed “numerous screws and plates” in his pelvis and femur. In a statement released by the Met Police, he said he had been an active person but his injuries had stopped him from jogging and doing other physical activities.<\/p>\n
Sentencing, Recorder Neil Haythorne told Okotie: “In a moment of extreme road rage, which appears entirely out of character from what I have heard about you, you caused serious injury to a cyclist.”<\/p>\n
The judge did not ban Okotie from driving, noting he had continued to drive since the incident.<\/p>\n
Mandisa Knights, mitigating, said Okotie, a father of eight with a one-year-old grandchild, mentored young people to keep them away from the violence he had been exposed to when he was younger.<\/p>\n
She said “a momentary relapse in retaliation” had led to “grave consequences” and he would now have to face the boys he had mentored and admit what he had done.<\/p>\n
Det Insp Steven Andrews, from the Met, said Okotie had been carrying blood “destined for hospital patients in need”.<\/p>\n
“Instead of continuing a journey intended to support potentially life-saving treatment, he chose to place someone else’s life at risk,” Andrews said.<\/p>\n
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