Caught on camera: Constantin Iosca is filmed in his wheelchair and walking putting the wheelchair in a car despite his alleged injuries.

Caught on camera: Constantin Iosca is filmed in his wheelchair and walking putting the wheelchair in a car despite his alleged injuries.

A man who claimed that he suffered considerable disruption to his life after his bike was hit by a car was seen on video footage picking up a wheelchair and putting it in his car.

He was also recorded removing crutches from plastic wrapping in footage shown in court.

After the footage was played, he withdrew a High Court action in which he claimed his bike was hit by a car that could not be traced.

Constantin Iosca (40), of Scholars Walk, Lusk, Co Dublin, sued the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (MIBI), which compensates victims of uninsured and untraced drivers.

On Friday, after the court was shown video footage of Mr Iosca shot by a security firm on behalf of the MIBI, Mr Justice Kevin Cross adjourned the case until yesterday and suggested the parties discuss the matter.

In the video, he was shown walking his dog and strolling near his home in November 2018.

In another video, taken in January 2019, he was being pushed in a wheelchair to an office in Dublin city centre and seen using two crutches to mount steps into the office with assistance from others.

The footage shows him picking the wheelchair up and placing it in the boot of the car.

But when he arrives in Dublin city centre, he is seen getting into the wheelchair and then being wheeled to the building where his medical appointment is taking place.

He is also recorded using the crutches to climb the steps into the building.

A short time after the medical appointment, he is seen in another part of Dublin city walking unaided. After returning to his home, the clip shows him lifting the wheelchair and crutches out of the car.

Yesterday, counsel for Mr Iosca told the court his client was withdrawing the case.

Counsel for the MIBI said his side was looking for its costs against Mr Iosca.

Mr Justice Cross noted the case had been withdrawn and awarded costs to the MIBI against Mr Iosca.

Last week, Mr Iosca told the court he suffered serious back pain and considerable disruption to his life as a result of being hit by a car while cycling in Lusk on June 1, 2016. The car was never traced, the court heard.

He said he was brought by ambulance to Beaumont A&E where he was kept overnight for observation and discharged the following day on crutches.

The MIBI denied his claim. MIBI chief executive David Fitzgerald said it would now be referring the details of the case to the gardaí.

Irish Independent