To think this woman should not be put in prison?

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Bizarre and very unfair Link

A accident is when you don’t mean to do something , she acted aggressively and entitled. That’s a lot of anger to he carrying around . I’m sure she did not mean for the poor ladies death but it’s not okay to be aggressive to people ! It’s a hard lesson for her and so sad for the poor lady who died and her family to live with . No winners here 🥹

It was a shared use pavement, quite wide for sharing.

She literally got the other woman killed, a retired ex-midwife, through her actions. And showed no remorse until sentencing.

Rude little shit describes her perfectly

Bloody hell. The lack of intelligence on this thread is unbelievable. It was manslaughter not an accident. She wasn’t riding illegally.

I feel so sorry for the driver. They have killed someone through no fault of their own. Terrible situation.

Her actions caused the victim to fall into the path of a car. She may not have intended to kill her, but she caused the accident.

There was a bit more to it than just a profanity. She made "light contact" Her language and gestures were aggressive and again we have not seen all the evidence that the jury did.

I agree, plus they have posted video of her gesticulating, I would do the same to someone riding towards me on the pavement.

I feel desperately sorry for the lady who died. She felt bad enough to move out of the way, she should have stopped, and waited until the woman was past, and unfortunately she fell into the road.
This was not the fault of the pedestrian
It was an unfortunate accident, that doesn’t warrant an arrest or imprisonment.

It really doesn't matter if she meant to scare her or not, her actions did and resulted in a death. It also doesn't matter the cyclist was on the pavement, that still doesn't give the woman any right to act aggressively. She could have easily stepped aside and let the cyclist past. Maybe the jail time will remind her not to be so territorial and calm herself down.

She lied about the circumstances, and even went shopping instead of staying at the scene! Despicable person who fully deserves prison time.

She pushed her into traffic and left her dead in the road? How is that an accident?

I was surprised that the judge discounted the pedestrian’s cerebral palsy and partial blindness. The footage suggests the woman isn’t agile and would have difficulty getting out of the path of an oncoming cyclist. Yes she was rude and verbally abusive and remorseless but this was a tragic accident.

Jail time for being despicable?

You would gesticulate and shout profanities at someone riding towards you on the pavement? Even though there’s space for you both? That’s truly awful.

I was surprised that the judge discounted the pedestrian’s cerebral palsy and partial blindness. The footage suggests the woman isn’t agile and would have difficulty getting out of the path of an oncoming cyclist. Yes she was rude and verbally abusive and remorseless but this was a tragic accident.

The pavement was 2.4 metres wide. There was still room to pass.

Not an accident, she pushed her into the road and left her dead?

Neither of those are what she was jailed for.

And it now says the pedestrian was both disabled and partially blind. Yet more factors, which shouldn’t be needed, but should have precluded an arrest

She didn’t fall, she was pushed. The pedestrian admitted to making contact

And it now says the pedestrian was both disabled and partially blind. Yet more factors, which shouldn’t be needed, but should have precluded an arrest

Sorry but being disabled is not a get out of jail card.

The pedestrian didn’t make physical contact with the cyclist

It’s frightening. Complete lack of understanding of what manslaughter is, an arrogant assumption that they know better than the people who have seen all the evidence.

I believe the expression you are looking for is "victim blaming"

Except we can confirm, as the pedestrian admitted making contact with the cyclist….

There’s something that sits between intentionally and accidentally and that’s recklessly. I don’t think that lady deliberately pushed the cyclist but she’s swearing in a loud manner and seems to step across the path of the cyclist leaving her nowhere to go. She could have kept close to the fence line and passed other easily. Could you foresee that someone might fall off a bike as a result of those types of actions? If you are elderly or not very confident you might choose to cycle on the path at certain parts of the journey due to road conditions. Would you accept someone stepping in front of your child because they were nervous about being on the road? The victim was 77 and clearly not cycling quickly. Leaving the scene of a fatal road accident and going off to do your food shopping also sends the message that you do not give a fuck.

I think it's the fact that rather than call the emergency services she went shopping that sealed her fate. In the case of an accident she would have called the emergency services and shown remorse