An elderly company director has been jailed following a road rage attack on a teenage cyclist.

Michael Hanley used his 4x4 to ram the 17-year-old off the road after the teen pulled him front of him at a set of traffic lights.

As he lay on the floor Hanley, 69, told the shaken boy: ''Little sh*t - you’ve done this'' adding: ''Did you see what he was doing? He was weaving all over the road” to a shocked motorist who pulled over.

He then grabbed the teenager's shirt and punched him in the face before smashing his own wing mirror in a temper tantrum and roaring off in his vehicle.

The shocking attack took place at 1.45pm on October 15 last year after father-of-two Hanley was waiting at a set of temporary traffic lights near roadworks in Summerseat, Bury, whilst on his way to a B&Q store.

At Manchester Magistrates' Court in July, Hanley, of Greenmount, Bury - a director of an estates management company - was found guilty of dangerous driving and common assault following a trial.

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Today at Minshull Street Crown Court, Hanley was jailed for six months and banned from driving for 15 months.

Giving evidence by video link during the trial the boy said: ''The bike is irreparable. I went round several bike shops and they said it’s worth practically nothing now.

"The incident has affected me quite badly and I wasn’t fully myself for weeks following it. I lost my confidence and from now on I’ll feel more cautious on the roads if I get another bike.'

Hanley who attended a police station after the incident, denied wrongdoing claiming his car's braking mechanism would have prevented him getting to close to the £2,500 bike.

He told the trial: ''The cyclist was cycling like someone not right in the head and he seemed to be trying to beat me to the junction. I wasn’t very close to him and when I went to overtake him he weaved into the road. I blew my horn at him and he turned round and swore.

''I’ve been driving for 50 years and I’ve never had anything like this. His antics were causing the problems. He was going to cause an accident."

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