Andrew Young , 40, was killed after he was punched to the ground by Lewis Gill in Bournemouth, Dorset, after getting into a row with one of Gill’s friends about cycling on the pavement. The cyclist rode off but moments later Gill approached Mr Young, who suffered from Asperger’s Syndrome, and punched him in the face.
Andrew apparently was involved in an argument with cyclist Victor Ibitoye after he told him that cycling on the pavement was dangerous.
CCTV footage shows Mr Young falling backwards and striking his head on the road surface.
Gill, 20, can then be seen to walk away after looking back to see his victim lying motionless on the ground.
He was rushed to hospital where he died the following day from head injuries. The incident took place at 4.25pm on November 6 last year outside a Tesco Express in Charminster, Bournemouth.
Gill pleaded guilty to a charge of manslaughter and was jailed for four-and-a-half years.
After the hearing, Mr Young’s mother Pamela described the sentence as a ‘joke’.
After the hearing Mr Young’s mother said: ‘I saw the CCTV footage in court and you can see that Andrew didn’t cause Lewis Gill any harm
‘I sat with him when he died. I wish that awful man who took my son away had pleaded not guilty so he would have got a longer sentence.
‘The sentence is an absolute joke. I’m a committed Christian but I think that if someone takes a life they should be prepared to forfeit their own.
‘There have been many people who have committed manslaughter or murder in this country and they never even serve a full sentence.’