The new clip shows Abbott, 62, stop his bicycle to hurl abuse at members of the public after he ‘struck a pet dog’ – he was already banned from driving following another infamous road rage incident
A new video shows ‘Britain’s angriest cyclist’ Peter Abbott at it again in another foul-mouthed altercation with members of the public which landed him behind bars.
The new clip shows Abbott, 62, stop his bicycle to hurl abuse at members of the public after a prosecutor claimed he struck a woman’s pet dog with his bike.
Abbott, who is already banned from driving due to another infamous road rage incident, can be seen clad in full lycra, filled with “pure rage” during the foul-mouthed incident, a court heard.
He was already infamous for his road rage temper after another abusive tirade of his was caught on camera back in August 2023.
In that clip, he was filmed banging on the windscreen of Samantha Isaac’s car after she beeped at him for pulling out in front of her in a Tesco car park. Abbot pounds the glass with his fists and can be heard calling Mrs Isaac a “f***ing tart” as well as a “b****” and a “w****”. He was branded “Britain’s angriest man,” after the clip was published in the national press.
He was given a suspended prison sentence for that incident during a court hearing in May 2024 where he was told to take anger management classes.
His most recent outburst – at Alum Chine beach in Bournemouth, Dorset, on December 3, 2024 – meant he had breached his suspended sentence, he was told at an appearance before Poole Magistrates’ Court, meaning he was now going to jail.
District Judge Orla Austin said: “This is another episode of rage taken out on the public. I’d like to know why he feels entitled to tell members of the public to shut the f*** up and shout and rage at them.”
Abbott, a self-employed translator from Bournemouth, pleaded guilty to using threatening or abusive words or behaviour to cause fear, distress or alarm in relation to this latest incident.
This would not normally be an imprisonable offence but by committing the crime Abbott had breached his suspended sentence for the previous road rage incident. He was sent to prison for six weeks and ordered to pay £85 prosecution costs.
The latest clip, filmed at the Bournemouth beach by a passerby, shows a lycra-clad Abbott in a confrontation with a woman out with her young child and dog. Abbott, 62, struck the woman’s pet that was off its lead, prompting her to shout out at him.
After getting off his bike to shout at her and other members of the public who stopped to try and calm him down, a red-faced Abbott is caught on camera telling a member of the public to “shut the f*** up or I’ll kick you up the arse.”
Laura Lohk, prosecuting, said: “The defendant was cycling behind her before going straight into the victim’s dog. He then got off his bike and started shouting and swearing at the victim initially and then started shouting at everyone around. A member of the public saw what was happening in front of her and started recording.”
In the first video clip Abbott can be heard screaming “Shut the f*** up or I’ll kick you up the arse… F*** off… p****.” He then went to cycle away only to get off his bike again and shout at a couple who had also stopped to help. In the second clip he can be heard saying: “There was a woman with about five dogs running all over the place.”
When the man tries to speak, Abbott starts shouting: “I’m not f***ing finished!” The man tells him he should look where he’s going on his bike prompting Abbott to scream: “Shut the f*** up you p****, if you want a kick up the arse you’re going the right way about it… what you going to do about it you weed.”
Ms Lohk added: “The complainant says the defendant was very aggressive, shouting and swearing. She said the dog wasn’t running around, the dog was under her control and is well behaved. She said ‘I was terrified, the cyclist was so aggressive, he wasn’t forming sentences that made sense. It just seemed like pure rage’.”
Dorset Police issued an appeal with an image of the angry cyclist and Abbott was arrested a few weeks later. Katherine Toth, defending, said: “He was not cycling fast along the promenade, because he knows children and other pedestrians can veer suddenly. There were four or five dogs off the lead, chasing each other around and out of control.
“The dog of the complainant ran in front of his front wheel, because he had disc brakes he managed to stop without making contact. He carried on cycling but the complainant shouted something at him. He assumed she was the owner and decided to turn around to tell her the dog should be on a lead. The complainant wasn’t listening to him. He accepts he reacted to her but did not actually swear at the complainant, he only swore when approached by another member of the public he was intimidated by.
“He’s not trying to minimise his behaviour. He understands he should have just carried on cycling. He regrets his decision to confront her and any other member of the public. He clearly understands what he did was wrong.
“He was struggling with loneliness and isolation and using cycling and yoga to cope with his loneliness. He has made a change, he’s trying to manage his anger better.”
Ms Toth said Abbott had completed an anger management course as part of his sentence and had not been in trouble since this beach incident, which was over a year ago.
She added: “It would be unjust to activate. It’s been over a year since the offence, there is a realistic prospect of rehabilitation.”
However Judge Austin disagreed and said Abbott can’t go around getting angry with the public, jailing him for six weeks and ordering he pay £85 costs.
