Usman Rashid left Hubert Hardie with 'life-changing' injuries in a head-on bike crash near Tarbet.
A biker who left a holidaymaker disabled in a head-on motorbike smash has been spared jail.. Usman Rashid smashed into Hubert Hardie by speeding round a blind bend near Loch Lomond. The "life-changing" collision occurred as the pair rode near the village of Tarbet, Argyll and Bute.
Defence solicitor Ross Yuill told the court that Rashid, of Drumchapel, Glasgow, recognised that his actions has caused "a very significant injury" to Mr Hardie and that the effects were "life-changing". He said Rashid had stopped driving his motorbike as a result of the collision and now only traveled in a car.
The sentence was reduced from 300 hours' and was imposed as a direct alternative to custody. He was also banned from driving for three years. Prosecutor David McDonald told the court previously: "A driver observed Mr Rashid overtaking him just as Mr Rashid approached a sign for a sharp right bend. The crash was spotted by another biker who saw police officers nearby and told them, and they raced to the scene. Mr McDonald added: "On arrival they noted a large tail back of traffic and no inbound traffic indicating that the road was blocked. The police control room had alerted them that ambulance crews would be arriving shortly.
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