A Scrambler rider cut off the PCSO before asking “is he ok?”

A police community support officer who was called to reports of disturbed bikers on a bridle path was cut down by one of the “arrogants”.

David Dunbavin, 20, crashed into PCSO Steven Lambe on a footpath in Alderwood, near Speke, on the afternoon of July 28, 2023. The PCSO was among two groups of officers called to the woods following complaints of look at scrambler bikes.

He said he saw Dunbavin “appear out of nowhere” about 30 to 40 meters away and realized the bike was coming towards him but was unable to avoid it on the narrow path and was hit and thrown in the air. He suffered a fractured right leg and ligament damage to his knee, as well as abrasions to his face and chest.

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Dunbavin – who had been fined just days before the offense for careless driving and obstructing a police officer – was arrested and later pleaded guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving and driving without insurance and a license and not reported an accident. He appeared at Liverpool Crown Court today, May 31, for sentencing.

Henry Riding, prosecuting, said: “(The PCSO) realized the bike was coming towards him and he didn’t have time to react and he was hit by it and felt like he was blown up.

“I heard the defendant ask his colleague ‘Is he all right?’ before the defendant was catapulted into a stream adjacent to the path.”

The victim was taken to Aintree Hospital and discharged after a CT scan reportedly showed only soft tissue damage. However, he was still suffering in November and his GP found he had multiple ligament injuries in his right knee. After an MRI scan, he underwent surgery to repair ligaments and repair a fractured fibular head.

In an impact statement, PCSO Lambe described the moments that followed the collision. He said: “I was dizzy and confused and my armor was wrapped around my body and I couldn’t move.

“I kept thinking if I couldn’t feel my toes, but to my relief I could, but I’ll never forget how scared I felt.”

He said he was in a leg brace for 12 weeks after the operation and was in constant pain and felt stuck at home. He found it challenging to live alone and was confined to his office.

He added: “The noise of scrambler bikes leaves me scared and worried.”

Dunbavin, of Alwain Green, Speke, said he did not deliberately drive up to the officer but accepted his driving was dangerous.

Peter White, defending, said Dunbavin was just 19 at the time and had ADHD. He turned himself in to police on the day of the incident and asked about the officer’s well-being.

He said: “He did not set out on that day to cause this injury. He’s not anti-police, but he accepts by his decision to get a scrambler bike and ride like that he caused that injury and he’ll have to live with it.

Sentencing, Judge Andrew Menary KC said the PCSOs were in Alderwood “due to repeated reports from people living in the area of ​​the illegal use of scrambler bikes causing real concern to members of the community.

“They were described as a blight on the community. Alder Woods is a community facility near residential areas and has obviously been destroyed by the use of bicycles by people like you to run on paths that would otherwise be used by families..”

He said driving towards the victim was “an extremely dangerous manoeuvre” and “sheer arrogance”. He said: “You knew they were there and what you were doing was illegal but you continued to drive in this way straight at the officers. .

“It’s that behavior that really upsets members of the community, the disregard for the needs of others, the determination to just do whatever you wanted to do.”

He sentenced Dunbavin to 26 months in prison and banned him from driving for three years and one month, after which he must pass an extended driving test.