E-bike rider sentenced for killing grandfather, 91

An e-bike rider who hit and killed a 91-year-old man on a pavement outside his home has been handed a suspended jail term.

Clifford Cage, 50, of The Fairway in Rochester, pleaded guilty to manslaughter at a hearing in October.

Jim Blackwood, a veteran who served in the Army for 26 years, died from internal injuries three months after being knocked down while taking his recycling out in Rochester, on 6 July, 2023.

Cage was given a 15-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, at Maidstone Crown Court earlier. Prosecutors said the case was thought to be the first of its kind in England.