‘Sometimes my wife has to shake me to stop me shouting’
A driver left a man with “excruciating” pain and “nightmares” nearly a year after a crash. A motorcyclist was left “fighting for his life” after a crash involving a car and motorbike on September 29, 2025 on the A15 at Glinton.
The driver of the car, Les Rodgers, 52, was arrested and later charged with causing serious injury by careless and inconsiderate driving. Rodgers, of Black Prince Avenue, Market Deeping, was also charged with driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specific limit, after he tested positive for cannabis in his system.
Rodgers appeared for sentencing at Peterborough Magistrates Court on Tuesday (August 11). For prosecution, Olaide Esan told the court how Rodgers was in stationery traffic on September 29, with the motorcyclist “overtaking this slow moving traffic”.
Rodgers then carried out a U-turn, leading his car to “go into the motorbike”. The court heard how the victim was left with “severe injuries”, which required three surgeries and “lengthy treatment”.
Ms Esan read out a victim statement from the motorcyclist dated from March 2 this year. The court heard how the victim has issues with his right leg, and he was “able to move a little on crutches”.
The statement added: “I still need to be supervised by my wife and told to take my medications.” The court also heard how the man had “not walked” properly since September 29.
The victim said he was “keen to get back to work”, but was unable to work for now due to his injuries. He added that he suffers “excruciating pain”, especially in his lower back.
“The pain is constant and throbbing,” the statement added. The court also heard that when the man wakes up in the morning, he feels like “concrete”.
Ms Esan also told the court that the pain “wakes the victim up at night” and he was “not getting as good a sleep” as he did before the crash. The statement added: “I am getting nightmares. Sometimes my wife has to shake me to stop me shouting. The nightmares are like I am in a box I can’t get out of.”
The victim concluded in his statement that he held “no animosity” towards Rodgers, but he wanted him to be “aware of what I have been through since the collision”.
In mitigation, for the defence, Mr Mohammad asked the judges to give credit to Rodgers for his earlier guilty pleas. The defence added that Rodgers was “remorseful and apologetic”, and that he reflected on the incident on a “daily basis”.
The court heard how Rodgers had not consumed drugs since the crash in order to keep a “clear head”. Rodgers was ordered to serve a high level community order for 18 months, including 15 days of rehabilitation activities. He was also disqualified from driving for 18 months, having served four months of that already.
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