‘Lunatic’ driver knocked down two nude cyclists and called them ‘prostitutes’

The pair had been embarking on a charity bike journey from Lands Finish to John O’Groats after they had been repeatedly focused by an abusive driver (Image: SWNS)

Police are searching for a ‘lunatic’ driver who intentionally mowed down two cyclists on a nude bike journey for charity.

Colin Unsworth, 52, and Sadie Tann, 31, had been trying to cycle from Lands Finish to John O’Groats on a tandem bicycle after they had been attacked on the outskirts of Perth, Scotland final week.

The dramatic assault occurred on July 4, whereas Sadie was filming a Fb Dwell video because the pair made their means via the Scottish countryside.

As they had been biking, they had been observed by a passing automobile heading in direction of them.

After driving previous them, the automobile turns round after which pulls up beside them, with a feminine passenger hurling abuse at Sadie and calling her a ‘f*****g prostitute’.

The automobile then swerved twice on the cyclists in an obvious try to knock them off their bike – and succeeded on the second try.

The pair had been knocked to the bottom, and later claimed the automobile got here after them a second time shortly afterwards.

However aside from some minor bruising, the pair had been left unhurt following the violent incident.

Colin Unsworth, 52, and Sadie Tann, 31, have been embarking on a nude bike tour of Nice Britain with the intention to elevate cash for charity (Image: SWNS)

The pair have been biking from Lands Finish to John O’Groats with the intention to elevate cash and consciousness for local weather charity Rewilding Britain (Image: SWNS)

Police are actually looking out for the perpetrators.

Colin, from Adlington in Lancashire, instructed BBC Scotland the ordeal has left them each terrified and afraid to proceed with their journey.

‘Most individuals chuckle or give us a thumbs up, or they’ll ask us what we’re doing and we simply say it’s for charity they usually want us luck,’ he mentioned.

‘[But] in Perth, we bought attacked by a lunatic driving their automobile into us.

‘We at all times knew there can be some individuals who would ring the police or no matter, however I wasn’t anticipating that stage of aggression from a member of the general public.

He additionally admitted for the reason that incident the pair have ‘downgraded’ their preliminary plans, and have began to do bare photoshoots and biking in small sections as an alternative.

Regardless of the harrowing incident, Colin and Sadie say the ‘overwhelming majority’ of individuals they’ve encountered have proven them help (Image: SWNS)

Colin defined they’ve additionally in the reduction of on their miles as a result of they’ve been left too afraid after the assault.

Talking of the police response, Colin mentioned: ‘They're taking it very critically as a result of the automobile was pushed previous us after which circled and got here again for us.’

Scottish Police confirmed officers are launching an investigation into the occasion.

Colin and Sadie launched into the 50-mile-a-day journey to lift cash for psychological well being charity Thoughts and Rewilding Britain, which goals to sort out local weather change.

‘As naturists who're into nature connections and worth psychological well being, we thought what can we do to do some type of stunt to lift consciousness,’ Colin mentioned.

‘The Rewilding Britain web site says suppose large and act wild, nicely there’s no greater bike journey and it’s a fairly wild day to do it.’

Regardless of their harrowing encounter with the abusive driver, he claimed they’ve obtained an ‘overwhelmingly optimistic’ quantity of help since beginning their journey, with individuals giving them lunch and locations to remain for the night time.

The pair are planning to proceed their journey travelling across the nation, and intention to reach in John O’Groats on the finish of July.

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