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Robert came off his motocross bike and crashed into the trackside rope, which wrapped around his body and his neck hit a post. At Reading Magistrates' Court, Judge Teper was told by experts, including the AutoCycle Union, the rope and post barrier were standard at tracks across Britain and acquitted a charge against Nicholls about the safety of the fence.
But Mr and Mrs Pavelin, who travelled to the court from their home in Basildon, Essex, for all six days of the hearing, said they should be banned. Mrs Pavelin said: "If the AutoCycle Union says it is acceptable then it is saying it is acceptable for a child to have his throat ripped open and die - and that's what happened to Robert.
We appreciate that motocross is a dangerous sport but if the tracks are properly set up, policed and properly maintained, that danger should not be prohibitive.
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The couple - who have another son, Ross, who is six - were angry that dirt was kicked over Robert's blood on the track, the barrier put back up and the riding continued after the accident. They want Robert to go away. He labelled Mr Rootman a "wholly unsatisfactory employee" who did not check equipment or monitor the riders. And he said Nicholls had lied when he said he was at the track before the accident - in fact he was in the toilet with an upset stomach after a night out.
Judge Teper said: "Mr Nicholls only arrived after a. When Mr Nicholls arrived at the track he was still under the influence of alcohol.