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divdiv class=story-body readability=33 span class=story-date#13; span class=date19 November 2013/span#13;span class=time-textLast updated at /spanspan class=time11:35 ET/span#13; #13;/span#13;#13; #13;#13;#13; #13; #13; !-- Embedding the video player --#13;!-- This is the embedded player component --#13;#13;#13; #13; #13;#13;#13;#13;!-- wwrights check --#13;!-- Empty country is used on test environment --#13;#13;#13;#13;div class=videoInStoryB readability=1#13; div id=emp-22639720-15830 class=emp#13; #13; #13; noscript#13; div class=warning readability=1#13; img class=holding src=http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/67784000/jpg/_67784628_67770916.jpg alt=Emma Way/pstrongPlease turn on JavaScript./strong Media requires JavaScript to play./p#13; /div#13; /noscript#13; #13; !-- embedding script --#13; #13; /div#13; !-- companion banner -- #13; #13; #13; #13; !-- END - companion banner --!-- caption --p class=captionEmma Way told the BBC in May this year that her tweet was stupid/p#13; !-- END - caption --#13; #13; #13;#13;/div#13;!-- end of the embedded player component --#13;#13;!-- Player embedded -- #13; p class=introduction id=story_continues_1A woman who posted a message on Twitter about knocking a cyclist off his bike has been found guilty of two charges related to the incident./p#13; pEmma Way, 22, clipped cyclist Toby Hockley with her car in Norfolk in May./p#13; pShe then tweeted: Definitely knocked a cyclist off his bike earlier. I have right of way - he doesn't even pay road tax! #Bloodycyclists./p#13; pNorwich magistrates convicted her of failing to stop after an accident and failing to report it, which she denied./p#13; pMiss Way, of Watton, was acquitted of driving without due care and attention./p#13; pShe was ordered to pay a £337 fine, £300 in costs and was given seven points on her licence./p#13; span class=cross-head'Biggest regret'/span#13; pShe said: The tweet was spur of the moment. It was ridiculous and stupid and I apologise to all cyclists./p#13; pIt is the biggest regret of my life so far./p#13; pThe court heard Mr Hockley suffered bruises and minor damage to his bike in the incident at Rockland All Saints on 19 May, when he was riding in the 100-mile Boudicca Sportive with his friend Jason [Jay] Sexton./p#13; pDescribing the trial as a relatively routine case of driving without due care and attention, prosecutor Stephen Poole added: Why it becomes notorious is because the suspect went home and tweeted./p#13; pIt was that tweet which has put this into the public arena./p#13; span class=cross-head'Loud crunch'/span#13; pMr Hockley said: A car came around the corner, narrowly missing Jay, he said./p#13; pThe car was heading over to my side of the road./p#13; pI was hit on the leg by the wing and on the arm by the wing mirror and tried to slam on my brakes to regain control./p#13; pHe said there was a loud crunch and he was knocked into a hedge./p#13; pClaiming the collision was Mr Hockley's fault, Miss Way said she had been driving at 15mph and her road positioning was as far to the nearside as possible./p#13; pAfterwards I looked in my mirror, she added./p#13; pI did not think he was injured - if I did I would definitely have stopped./p#13; pThe court heard she lost her job as an accountant as a result of the tweet./p#13; pWay refused to comment as she left court, saying she had signed an exclusive television deal./p#13; /div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center