'heartless': tykeran hamilton, 25, has been jailed for 11 years he killed cyclist alan knight in hit and run  an unlicensed driver fresh off a vodka and cocaine binge shouted 'watch this' before killing a great grandfather on his paper round in a hit and run tykeran hamilton, 25, who borrowed the rented black bmw 3 series and drove it around gloucester after spending a night drinking and taking drugs, has been jailed for 11 years he spotted a friend waiting for a bus, leaned out of the window and shouted 'watch this' before accelerating up to 70mph on a residential road at 7am bristol crown court heard hamilton sped down the road and overtook cars 'recklessly'   narrowly avoiding a central reservation and other traffic moments later, he crashed into cyclist alan knight, 64, who was crossing the road while on his morning paper round, then drove away at high speed former factory worker mr knight, a father of four and grandfather of 14, died instantly from his injuries at the scene, on stroud road in gloucester hamilton abandoned the car nearby then fled the city and denied any involvement in the tragedy, which happened on september 26 last year his trial was due to start today but he admitted causing death by dangerous driving, driving without a license, driving without insurance and failing to stop after a road accident judge graham cottle said hamilton 'could not have cared less' about the safety of others on the road when he hit mr knight 'in the early hours of the morning of september 26 mr knight was doing a paper round on his bicycle,' the judge told hamilton 'what had you been doing for the past 12 hours? the evidence paints a picture of you spending a night drinking, taking cocaine 'you were an uninsured driver, you were unlicensed you went to a garage and as it happened you saw somebody nearby who you knew 'you said 'watch this' the inference that can be drawn from that statement is that you attempted to show off to him what this car could do 'you took off up the road at around 60 70mph you were overtaking recklessly and just managed to avoid colliding with a central island' great grandfather alan knight, 64, had been out on his morning paper round when hamilton crashed into him mr knight was killed instantly his wife said: 'my life just isn't the same since he was taken from us' hamilton spotted mr knight starting to cross the road ahead and immediately began braking but could not stop, the court heard 'you drove straight into mr knight, doubtless killing him instantly,' the judge said 'you left him in the road and you drove off at equally high speed' hamilton drove back to a friend's house before running to see his girlfriend, who he asked to provide him with an alibi, then left gloucester the court heard hamilton told friends 'i've licked him, i've licked him'   street slang for 'i've killed him' he was arrested on october 21 but insisted he was not involved, telling police he had been with his sister and girlfriend at the time prosecuting, rupert lowe read a victim impact statement from mr knight's wife, linda mr knight was struck on stroud road, gloucester (pictured) on the morning of september 26 last year  'my life just isn't the same since he was taken from us by such a show off person like you, mr hamilton,' it said 'alan was a great husband, father and grandfather we didn't want for anything if we needed the moon he would get us the stars as well' mr knight started doing paper rounds on his bike four years before the accident and did it as a hobby to keep fit his daughter victoria told hamilton in court: 'i will never forgive you for what you did that day and i hate you for it you are heartless' the judge sentenced hamilton for 10 years for causing death by dangerous driving, driving without insurance, driving without a license and failing to stop he imposed a separate sentence of 12 months, to run after the first sentence, for five drugs charges relating to possession with intent to supply class b drugs hamilton had been on license for the charges at the time he killed mr knight representing hamilton, of moor street, gloucester, joe maloney, said: 'he is an immature man he panicked, drove off and did all the wrong things' mr maloney said his client had previously worked as a landscape gardener but applied for disability living allowance after being stabbed in the leg
tykeran hamilton 70mph 25 year old alan knight 64 hamilton 11 years
tykeran hamilton accelerated to 70mph after spotting friend at a bus stop . the 25 year old shouted 'watch this' before overtaking cars 'recklessly'. moments later he hit cyclist alan knight, 64, who was on his paper round . hamilton had been on vodka and cocaine binge he was jailed for 11 years 