A MANX Grand Prix competitor is suing Suzuki for more than £300,000 in damages after he was seriously injured during practice three years ago.

Alan Jackson, of New Longton, near Preston, had to be airlifted to hospital with serious leg injuries after the crash at Black Dub, Glen Helen.

Now the 29-year-old has issued a High Court writ for damages against Suzuki, claiming the frame of his GSX-R750 motorbike – which allegedly split in two – was defective.

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