Driver took out cyclist

A driver who sent a woman flying off her bike when she swung her Fiat 500 into a cycle lane has avoided jail. Receptionist Isabel Bathula, 22, knocked off Christina Meridith-Flister when she failed to spot the pushbike to the left of her at the junction of Hammersmith Road and Bute Gardens on 15 September 2024. Bathula admitted one count of causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Wearing a black cardigan and lemon sherbet…