Coach driver could be jailed for cyclist attack

A coach driver is facing jail for shoving a cyclist headfirst into oncoming traffic during a road rage dispute. Paul Birchmore, 43, clipped Angus Fitzgerald’s back wheel as he drove a Big Bus Tours double decker northbound over Waterloo Bridge on 29 July last year. When the cyclist eventually caught up with the driver at a bus stop on Aldwych he parked in front of the bus in order to stop him fleeing while he called the police. During the…