To think this woman should not be put in prison?

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Bizarre and very unfair Link

There are signs on street furniture at intervals all round it. It goes all the way round the ring road.

Also the guilty woman crossed the pavement in order to get into the path of the cyclist. She created the issue, she pushed the woman (admitted in court), she caused the woman’s death, then she walked away while she was dying.

Her disability is irrelevant.

No but I do think manslaughter should carry a strong sentence

'Contact' isn't the same as 'pushing' though. The bike brushing against the pedestrian's sleeve would be 'contact'.

No she did not walk in front of her, the woman rode along side, and fell on the uneven cover! @Jooliusreezer

Pretty heartless to walk away from that

I fail to see how it can be manslaughter when she didn’t touch the cyclist.

Remorse or lack of does not affect if or what crime has been committed.
Scummy people who lack morality are not jailed unless they commit an actual crime, therefore the judge’s comments re remorse are irrelevant. Also, his comments about road users are similarly irrelevant as the women were on the pavement. I would expect judge Enright to use accurate language in his closing address. The cyclist , according to the Highway Code, should have given way to the pedestrian.
Did anyone see the BBC report today where Kate Bradbrook reported from the scene and a cyclist passed her, very close, very fast. If Ms Grey had encountered such behaviour previously, I’m wouldn’t be surprised if, as a partially sighted, disabled person, she was frightened.

This. She should have been given a longer prison term in my opinion.

YABU, you can't go around pushing people off the pavement into the path of oncoming traffic.

She admitted she did!

But anyway - doesn't need to have been physical contact to have been manslaughter. A push (rather than the admitted "slight contact") would have made it murder.

The pavement is part of the road and both pedestrians and cyclists are still classed as road users when on the pavement.

I'm sure some opinions would be different had it been a large man intimidating an elderly cyclist.

People are not supposed to cycle on pavements, but if I saw an older person, or child, cycling towards me on a pavement, I'd stand to the side and carry on my way.

Even if she didn't, coming at her swearing and widely gesturing could be enough to force her into the road. But from the footage, I think she did push her. Her foot moves off the pavement as if she's transferring her weight to get some force in.

Did she thought? Did she push her? Or just yell and gesture?

Sad that the cyclist died but she should NOT have been on the bloody pavement in the first place.

Cyclists full of their own self importance piss me off. Too many times I have had them hurtle at speed behind me and nearly hit me or my dog. On pavements and footpaths that have clear signs saying "no cycling". Selfish idiots.

The Judge said it was a cycle path but considering the police and the council didn't think it was it seems the Judge was wrong

Or just moving with her awkward gait. Or twisting her body to take up less room on the path and allow the cycle past.

It wasn't an accident. The sentence was just as she caused the death of the other lady by intentionally pushing her.

Looks nothing like a cycle path

Most cycle paths don't look like cycle paths, at least in the UK. Most aren't fit for purpose. You can check out some of the others here, I've linked to one I chose at random, but as you can see, cycle paths are often narrow and shite wcc.crankfoot.xyz/facility-of-the-month/January2018.htm

That also applies to shared used paths. And IME, many people are very unobservant when it comes to working out what is cycle path and what isn't. They'll quite happily tell you to get off the pavement when you're on either a shared use path or a cycle path.

I agree with others, that from the video it looks a lot like she pushed the cyclist (and even she admits that she made contact). It’s worth slowing the video down to half speed.

She’s lucky that the CCTV angle is unclear, she’s probably gotten away with murder.

I don't think she deserves to be serving that sentence. All the men who get off for rape and assault and she waved her arm with tragic consequences. Community service would have been sufficient.

I think the answer is better sentencing and conviction for rape, not less for manslaughter.

It's also looking like the bike was on a pavement and probably looked to her like a fast approaching threat to her safety. She doesn't look like she can jump out of the way. It's very sad.

Not sure, the footage cut out just before the crucial point so we can’t see whether she pushed her (in which case, manslaughter) or just gestured angrily then the cyclist freaked out and deliberately veered into the road.

I agree with the former but there is no parity.

Watched the video, she actually pushed her into the road. Deserved sentence for me.

NEXT!!!