A man who mowed down a cyclist and left him for dead boasted about the incident saying "the c*** deserved it".
Father-of-three Steve Jarvie was on a Sunday bike ride when motorist Ben Smith ran him off the road along Sydney's Old Pacific Highway.
One witness said they heard Smith at a nearby cafe minutes later saying: "The f***ing bike rider shouldn't have been in the middle of the road".
On Friday, Smith faced court where they heard how he caused Jarvie to fall and then brag about his hate for cyclists.
In court Jarvie's fiance Linda Ellis sat just metres away from Smith, telling the judge: "Steve's life was needlessly lost in a moment of reckless stupidity and madness - an insane criminal tragedy.