A driver pursued and deliberately knocked down a cyclist leaving the biker paralysed from the waist down. Steven Thomas was at the wheel of a stolen SUV when he ran down Kyler Brophy outside a Swansea supermarket before running off.
Thomas was initially charged with attempted murder for the shocking incident which was seemingly sparked by a "grievance" between the two men.
Swansea Crown Court head Thomas has a long history of offending involving motor vehicles, and that he considers himself "the most accomplished car thief in the area". At the time he ran the cyclist down he was out of prison on licence following an incident which saw him crashing a stolen car into a vehicle containing a mum and her young children.
