A Glasgow businessman accused of killing a cyclist in a hit-and-run in Ibiza last week has been released from prison after paying £8,600 bail.
Scott Devenney, 35, was arrested after handing himself in to cops in the party resort of San Antonio more than 24 hours after amateur sportsman Bernat Rivas, 49, was knocked off his bike last Tuesday.
The expat, co-founder of an organic restaurant called Down to Earth in his home city’s West End, appeared in court last Friday.
An investigating judge said he could avoid a remand in jail by handing over €10,000 or £8583, but must hand over his passport and agree to a travel ban as part of a series of conditions attached to his provisional release.
Officials confirmed today he had been released from prison after handing over the cash. Mr Rivas’ death has caused a wave of anger in Ibiza, where six years ago 24-year-old cyclist Dani Vinals was knocked down and killed by a hit-and-run driver high on drink and drugs who was subsequently sentenced to just four years in prison.
Loved ones, friends and well-wishers massed at a church for his funeral last Friday. Miquel Tur, a local delegate for the Balearic Islands Cycling Federation, said: “We feel great sadness over Bernat’s loss.
“And we have to continue demanding that these things never happen again and no-one flees the scene of an accident which is absolutely deplorable.”
He added: “Bernat was very involved in sport on the island. He did cycling, athletics, duathlon and triathlon. He was a very kind person who always had a smile on his face for everyone and was always in a good mood. His loss is irreparable.”
Devenney, a former pupil at Uddingston Grammar School in Glasgow, allegedly abandoned his Jeep Wrangler with British plates near the crash scene. It was found during a police search of the island for the vehicle and taken away for examination by forensic experts.
Devenney is being investigated on suspicion of crimes including manslaughter, reckless driving and abandoning the scene of an accident.
Initial reports said he had been driving without a valid licence, although his family are later understood to have sent the court a copy of a UK licence which expires in 2025.
He is believed to have told the judge he didn’t realise he had hit Rivas and thought he had collided with rocks on the ground while he drove along a narrow country road in called the Camino de Benimussa in the municipality of Sant Josep, at around 8pm last Tuesday.
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