By Rachel Younger, East of England Correspondent
A driver who tweeted about knocking a cyclist off his bike has been found not guilty of driving without due care and attention.
Emma Way was cleared of the charge by magistrates in Norwich but convicted of failing to stop after a crash and failing to report an accident.
The court heard the 22-year-old trainee accountant was involved in a collision with cyclist Toby Hockley on a narrow country lane in Rockland All Saints, a small village near Thetford, Norfolk.
The case came to the public's attention when Way posted a tweet which read: "Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier. I have right of way. He doesn't even pay road tax!"
She ended her message with the hashtag #bloodycyclists.
Mr Hockley told the court he had been riding in the 100-mile Bouddica Sportive with a friend and had slowed down to about 18mph for a bend when a car came around the the corner "on my side of the road".
He said the car clipped his leg, telling the bench: "The car collided with my right hand side and tipped me over. I was hit on the right arm by the mirror."
Mr Hockley said he ended up in the hedge, bruised, scratched and stung by nettles.
He said there had been "quite a loud crunch" but admitted that despite newspaper reports at the time, he had not come off his bike.
Asked who had been driving the car, he replied: "I could tell it was a fair-haired woman."
Jason Sexton, who was riding with Mr Hockley, told the court he had been riding just in front of his friend and had shouted to warn him before pulling into a lay-by.
He told the court he had also shouted at the driver, adding that his friend had been cycling on the left-hand side of the road and was "as far across as he could be to avoid traffic".
Way admitted her wing mirror had clipped Mr Hockley's bike with a "donk" but claimed she'd been left with nowhere to go.
She told the court he had been cycling on her side of the road, and said she did not stop to check if he was unhurt because she felt the collision had been his fault.
"I saw he had slightly wobbled. I hadn't hurt him. He was fine. I just carried on," she said.
Asked whether she had thought any damage or injury had been caused, she replied: "No. I would definitely have stopped."
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