Gaskell

Speaking ahead of the inquiry, Ms Gaskell said she hoped it would mean "anybody else that has to go through the mental health system will not be let down".

"The catch phrase is always 'physics beyond the Standard Model,'" Gaskell said.

Marsh, of Gaskell Street was also disqualified from driving for 18 years after he pleaded guilty on the second day of a trial.

With riders from as far afield as New Zealand, competitors steered through the narrow streets which inspired Elizabeth Gaskell's novel Cranford.

Elizabeth Gaskell, who became one of the most popular writers of her era, arrived in Manchester in 1832 and set her first novel in the burgeoning city.