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A Scottish motorcyclist who suffered personal injury after becoming the victim of a senseless prank will be unable to make a no win, no fee claim. This is because the prank he suffered from, unknown persons stringing black tape tightly across the road, is likely to be considered a criminal act.
The 45-year-old media student and part-time chauffeur would certainly benefit from receiving compensation – no win, no fee or otherwise – as his injuries, including a dislocated shoulder have forced him to take two weeks off work.
It could have been worse, however. The motorcyclist believes that, had he not taken quick action, he could have been decapitated. He told the BBC about his frightening experience of the motorbike accident, "All I could hear was frantic shouting and I thought there was an assault happening.
"Then I saw the black video tape and it was at the perfect height to cut my head off as it was at throat level.
"I slammed on my brakes and the tape hit my throat and started stretching so before it took my head off I deliberately fell to the side to stop and the bike landed on me.
"I saw two guys in their late teens running off. I think they could have been shouting at me when they saw me as they probably had put the tape up for a bus or a car and had worried when they saw a motorcyclist."
Police have appealed for anyone with any knowledge of the incident come forward, acutely aware that the prank could have caused a serious or even fatal head injury. A spokesperson from the force in Scotland commented, "Although the motorcyclist was riding at only 30mph, he was still lucky not to have been seriously injured as a result of being forced to fall off his bike.
"Whoever carried out this stunt may have thought it was a prank, but their actions could have resulted in someone being badly hurt."
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