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A sunny Saturday morning bike ride on a popular mountain road turned catastrophic for a Brisbane father when a motorcyclist travelling more than double the speed limit fatally struck him. Nicholas James Raftopoulos, 32, pleaded guilty in the District Court on Friday to dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death while excessively speeding. Raftopoulos switched on his GoPro mounted camera and sped off on his motorbike around the twists and turns of Brisbane ’s Mount Coot-tha about 10.
Raftopoulos suffered a permanent injury during the crash, losing the ability to move his shoulder or elbow after the nerves were ripped from his spinal cord. Defence barrister Gavin Webber said this disability affected Raftopoulos’ ability to work in carpentry or drive and required assistance with daily tasks. While wearing a sling on his damaged arm, Raftopoulos told Clare he took full responsibility for his “reckless” actions.
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