Norwich Crown Court heard Trower, who had taken drugs, had split up with his girlfriend prior to the crash. Trower appeared at Norwich Crown Court on Tuesday (February 9), having previously admitted four counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and two charges of drug driving. He was sentenced to two years in prison and disqualified from driving for three years. Stephen Bates Stephen Bates - Credit: Norfolk Constabulary The incident took place on May 14, 2017, and Bates had arranged to go to the King’s Head pub in Loddon with the victim. The court heard Bates got in his transit van while the victim got on his electric bike to go to the pub.