An inexperienced teenage driver who hit and killed a much-loved cyclist at a crossroads weeks after passing his driving test has avoided jail and been ordered to do unpaid work.
Keen cyclist, badminton player and Walsall FC season ticket holder Alan Preston, from Pelsall, had the right of way when he was knocked down by Alfie Swann's Ford Fiesta at the junction of the A452 Chester Road and Lazy Hill, near Aldridge.