Hit and run driver jailed for killing Aldenham cyclist – BBC News
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Cyclist Nicholas Keeler was a former semi-professional golfer and a keen environmentalist
A hit and run driver who killed a cyclist after he had been drinking and taking cocaine has been jailed.
Nicholas Keeler, 45, was cycling home after work on Radlett Road, Aldenham, Hertfordshire, when he was struck at about 00:40 GMT on 11th February 2018.
He was left to die in the road by Stephen Allitt, 44, of Mountfield Road, Finchley, London, a court heard.
Allitt pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving at St Albans Crown Court and was jailed for 32 months.
Mr Keeler’s mother Monique said: “The thought he was left dying at the side of the road will always haunt me.”
