someone tell me what crime has been committed?

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Baffled by this story

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11810311/Woman-49-convicted-manslaughter-raising-hand-elderly-cyclist-collision.html

on what grounds are the prosecuting the pedestrian? It seems an absolute stretch to think that her gesticulating and “radiant her hand” at a cyclist for driving towards her on a pavement is wilful manslaughter? I can see how it’s a tragic, very unfortunate accident but how did this make it to court?

The atmosphere is this country is so toxic to middle aged women at the moment- what is going on?!

I think she should not have shouted so much maybe, and I think think the woman on the bike should have stopped to let her pass. Because its not easy to move out of the way if your walking is impaired.

She managed to walk into her way and push her off her bike pretty well though

"Remember the cyclist wouldn't have known that this woman is partially sighted and disabled, she just appears to be pretty able, doesn't have any sight aid, and is approaching a woman in her 70s in a threatening manner." I disagree with this part, I think she looks pretty unsteady and definitely not nimble on her feet. If I cycling in her direction, I know I'd expect I would have to be the one to get out of her way.

I was of the belief helmets were standard safety precautions for competent cycling

Your belief is wrong. A helmet is needed for mountain biking and competitive cycling. It may be advisable in other contexts but only if worn correctly, which the vast majority of bike-users do not. And in no circumstances will it save you from being squashed by a car.

That is one of worst bit of victim blaming I have seen for a while. A 77 year old woman lost her life 😥

Think I’ve worked out the police confusion re whether path is shared
On the cambs gov website re cycle routes this road is down as cycling separate from traffic, as are other roads. But some of the other roads have a clear blue circular sign showing that the path is shared, this road doesn’t have the sign. So cambs council are not following through here with their signage.

A few pics below
nb on map separate from traffic are the brown and white roads.

As a pedestrian I’m now going to check my local area as clearly we can’t trust the signage

I’m a bit taken aback by these posts and the one where a cyclist dinged at them as the reason why.

My immediate thoughts go to the woman who died and her family, it’s really sad

She managed to walk into her way and push her off her bike pretty well though

A pedestrian can't walk into the way of a cyclist on the pavement. The cyclist is in the way of the pedestrian

I'm not talking about the specific person. But yes, in a more general sense, cyclists have become emboldened by the current climate as more and more traffic measures seem to favour them

The disability was considered.
Cyclist probably wanted to just get away from angry woman

You can walk into the path of anything moving if you so choose. You can also easily avoid this, but not if you want to get in their face

It's clear from the footage that a) the cyclist wasn't actually going to cycle into the pedestrian - they were on different parts of the path - and b) the cyclist ended up in the road because the pedestrian was swipped at her. So, yes, manslaughter. It's a shared cycle/pedestrian path up to that point, what's not clear is when that 'ends'. Either way, cycling on a pavement isn't a free pass for a pedestrian to force a cyclist into the path of traffic!

And what has that got to do with this case

Well that's bollocks.

She was out the way. Then the pedestrian made contact

She did not walk in her way she was walking in the part that was even to walk on. And the video shows no one pushing any one. Some one been pushed into saying they may have made light contact or she was not sure? @OneTC

The defendant admitted contact

More and more traffic measures take into account their vulnerability and are updated to reflect this and to minimise road accidents and fatalities, which fall disproportionately on the heads of cyclists under current infrastructure

She also evaded the scene.

She says she made light contact. Then someone fell off and died. We can't ask the dead person how light the contact was. We've got someone who's got an express interest in it not being their faults word on it being light contact

A appeal has been made it says. I don't feel able to comment further until the final outcome. Any further comments would err on the side of my thoughts.

I was actually kinda sympathetic to the pedestrian to begin with but the weirdly vindictive justifications being made by some here give a possible indication of what was going through her mind as well maybe.

I don't think doing stuff that kills people is often appropriate, stone me for that controversial opinion.

Do you have an image of the signage to show it’s shared all I can find is the route mapped on the go now website but absolutely nothing on the footpaths or signage
Ive walked down the whole road

When I did my cycling proficiency I was told if I didn't feel it was safe to ride on the road to get off my bike and walk. That was back in the 80's when cycle lanes were rare.

Sure 3 years is a bit much … rapists get less time

You sound just lovely having an issue with people in motorised chairs using pavements. It’s generally easier for someone that doesn’t require a mobility scooter to move in order to accommodate the less able. Do you kick guide dogs too?