Cycling Australian Dennis awarded a suspended detention about the death of his wife | The mighty 790 kfgo

(Reuters) – Australian cyclist and former world champion Rohan Dennis received a suspended prison sentence for his wife's death, his former world champion Melissa Hoskins, after she had been approached by a car in December 2023.

Hoskins, an Olympic racing cyclist, died in the hospital after he had been approached by a car driven by Dennis into an inner northern suburb of Adelaide.

The court had heard how she stuck to the car when he tried to start after an argument and bring her to fall.

Dennis had admitted that the likelihood of damage was made to an aggravating number of damage, and the judge said, although the 34-year-old had not taken into account the security of his wife, he was not responsible for her death.

He was convicted for one year, four months and 28 days in prison, and his driver's license was suspended for two years, and his driver's license was suspended for five years.

(Reporting of Rohith Nair in Bengaluru, editor of Ed Osmond)