He had refused to surrender his licence despite failing an on-the-spot eye sight test three days earlier.

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The consultant, Sheraz Daya, spent more than a month testing the stability of his patient's vision before using laser technology to correct the sight in the apparently non-functioning eye.

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Though a childhood accident all but robbed him of his sight in one eye, Bing played All-American basketball at Syracuse University and went on to become an NBA Hall of Famer as a point guard, mainly for the Detroit Pistons.

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