Prosecutors have dropped charges against a pensioner accused of going through a red light on his bicycle.
Court documents showed that Claudio Elgueta, 74, had been summoned to attend Oxford Magistrates’ Court on Friday following allegations he went through a red light and cycled on the pavement in Whitecross, Abingdon, on January 19.
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He faced two charges. The first, which was brought under section 72 of the 1835 Highways Act, saw him accused of wilfully riding a pedal cycle on a footpath or causeway by the side of a road ‘set apart for the use or accommodation of foot passengers’.
The second charge was brought under the more recent 1988 Road Traffic Act and alleged he failed to comply with a red traffic light.
On Friday, Crown advocate Peter Ryman indicated the matter had been discontinued. Mr Elgueta, of Sutton Courtenay, was not at court for the hearing.
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