Shock for man after finding dead biker in his spare room

A man found a dead biker in his spare room - after the rider flew through a window crashing off a country road.

John Botwright, 71, heard "a noise louder than a bomb explosion". And when he investigated, the body was in the midst of the wrecked extension of his home.

The unnamed biker, in his 50s and from Exmouth, Devon, was catapulted over a hedge while his Triumph Tiger 650 landed on the garage roof on Saturday.



The now-unsafe 300-year-old cottage, in a dip on the B3919 at nearby Doddiscombsleigh, must be partly demolished and rebuilt.

But retired London traffic cop Mr Botwright, who was about to sell up before joining his wife at their new house in Dorset, said: "My thoughts are more with the poor man's family.

"What I saw after a noise louder than a bomb explosion was very distressing."