Auriol Grey's manslaughter sentence overturned for killing cyclist. Correct decision?

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Reported in multiple outlets - BBC.

Mixed feelings - it was a complex case with no winners on any side.

Absolutely tragic case, and I feel for the victim’s family.

This woman should however never have been convicted. Regardless of the rights of wrongs of what she did, she committed no base offence on which a charge of manslaughter could be founded.

Yes, that is correct decision. BBC's article contains explanation.

While I feel her actions did directly contribute to the cyclists death I am not sure if it warranted a jail sentence.

I Felt the same as you. Personally I don’t think cyclists should be on pavements. If I remember correctly the
local authorities were unsure about whether that particular pavement was mixed use. It is further up and has signage but that one didn’t or some such if I remember correctly?

It’s all a bit sad, I’m sorry for the victim of course but also the perpetrator has some physical / mental difficulties. On balance I’d say she shouldn’t be locked up but I definitely have splinters from spending so long on the fence.

Correct decision.

tragic incident, but this was never manslaughter.

I agree it was a very tragic case and I feel very sorry for the woman who died.

However when I looked at the evidence there seemed to be question marks everywhere. Every time I looked at various aspects of the case I found something that didn't sit right with me, or led to what I believed was some sort of inconsistency.

So it doesn't really come as a great shock to me the conviction was overturned.

I don't think there are any winners here.

It's an outrage this woman was ever charged, nevermind convicted.

It was the right decision to overturn and she shouldn't have been convicted and jailed. Such a sad situation all round, especially for the Wards who have lost a beloved family member.

I suppose there are loads of people just roaming around whose erratic and anti social behaviour could have caused the death of someone else. In this case it did cause the death of somebody.

I think this decision is correct. It was always clear from AG's behaviour and demeanor that she was not functioning at a normal level.

She should never have been convicted. It's very difficult to have faith in our justice system a lot of the time.

On the fence too but one of things I thought of was that unlike driving or cycling there aren't really any laws on how a pedestrian should use the pavement. They couldn't prove that Grey pushed the cyclist which would be an obvious assault. There's no requirement for pedestrians to move out of the way of cyclists.

Not sure how shared cycle paths should be handled when there are risks to cyclists from falling into the road.

Auriol Grey should never have been charged.

The cyclist was at fault for being on the pavement.

The cyclist was allowed to be on the pavement. But even if she wasn't, she didn't deserve to be pushed into the path of an oncoming car.
It certainly wasn't an accident

I don't agree that her behaviour was erratic or antisocial and actually I feel that's a very ableist accusation. She has impaired eyesight and a physical disability and someone was coming towards her down the middle of the footpath riding a bicycle. It's entirely understandable that this was frightening and a threat to her safety. She could easily have been the one knocked into the road herself.

Correct decision.

The conviction was unsafe. Rudeness is unpleasant but it isn’t a crime.

Sympathies with the victims family though.

It’s the right decision. She should never have been charged, let alone sent to prison, in the first place.

I disagree with this decision.

Would you say that if it was your child

Great news.

gojng against the grain here.
I think this is the wrong decision. it was a shared path and the cyclist was reasonable to be there. her actions caused a person's death.

Wasn't that fully explained in the trial, that it was a shared pathway.

She has form for being aggressive to cyclists. And now this woman is dead. I wouldn't want to be the next cyclist she sends into the road.

"Pushed"

Where does it say she was pushed by AG? The BBC report says she "shouted and waved" at the cyclist.

That's a shocking thing to say.