A cyclist deliberately mown down in a road-rage revenge attack has said the motorist who used her car “like a weapon” should never be allowed to drive again.

Cycle courier Damien Doughty, 38, was sent flying into a tree after Justine Henshaw-Bryan, 25, rear-ended him in retaliation after he told her off for using a mobile phone at the wheel.

He was hurled into a tree in Victorian Grove, Stoke Newington, and ended in intensive care with a lacerated liver and fractured ribs in February last year.

Henshaw-Bryan told Wood Green crown court that her then boyfriend Aaron Hall, who was in the passenger’s seat, grabbed the wheel and aimed at Mr Doughty.

But she was today facing a maximum of five years imprisonment after being convicted of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

Mr Doughty said: “If it was up to me then she wouldn’t be allowed to drive again, absolutely not. If somebody abuses the power of driving a car it should be taken away from them.

“She used it as a weapon against me. If she had a gun licence and shot me that would be taken away for ever as well.

“I’m out of hospital but I can’t work as a cycle courier any more because of my hand injury, which is permanent.

“The pain was too much, almost unbearable, but apart from that I’m fit and healthy, so I’m lucky.

“To be knocked off your bike intentionally is a terrifying thing. I have been reliving it so many times.

“I remember the car rear-ending me, letting out a scream and I crumpled into a heap on the floor.”

Mr Doughty, who crowdfunded over £3,000 to pay for his rent as he recovered from his injuries in hospital, now works full-time at the Nomadic Community Gardens near Brick Lane.

He said: “I hope it acts as a message to dangerous drivers. I recognise the same behaviour from drivers every single day.

“Drivers don’t understand how dangerous their behaviour can be on the road, you only realise it on a bike when there is nothing to protect you. So many people who are nice get into their cars and turn into absolute maniacs.”

Giving evidence, Henshaw-Bryan claimed Hall had “ordered” her to follow the victim before grabbing the wheel and aiming at him. He denied grabbing the wheel and was not charged with any offence.

Henshaw-Bryan, of Hackney, who is three months pregnant, was convicted of one count of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and was due to be sentenced today.