Motorcycle rider, 23, 'could have been decapitated' after he was garrotted by a dog lead strung across his path by middle-aged walkers

A motorcyclist feared he was going to die when two middle-aged walkers garrotted him with a dog lead by stretching it across his path as he rode a motorbike through a field.

Chris Richmond said he was travelling at about 20mph when he rode into the leash, causing burns and bruising to his neck.

Medics at hospital told him he could have been decapitated in the incident, which left him shocked and unable to breathe.


The factory worker, of Newton Heath, Manchester, believes the man and woman holding the lead did so in revenge because he was riding the motorbike where he shouldn't have been.             More Read