Moment Mercedes driver dances as he orders pints at the pub hours before ‘murdering’ cyclist while his children were in the car ‘after victim called him a d***head’

David Morgan is on trial accused of murdering cyclist Richard Smith, who died after being struck by Morgan’s Mercedes in Norwich on 8 May. Prosecutors allege Morgan swerved into Smith after becoming angry over an exchange involving his wing mirror; Smith suffered fatal head injuries. The case matters because jurors are considering evidence about the events before and after the collision, including Morgan’s driving with his children in the car.

CCTV shown in court captured Morgan ordering two pints at a pub at about 1.30pm and dancing as he spoke to a barmaid. He reportedly drank four pints, left at around 3pm to collect his children, then returned to the pub with them before the collision at about 5pm. Smith, 50, a father of three, died in hospital three days later; arrest footage showed Morgan swearing at officers and acknowledging he had been drinking.