Disabled Auriol Grey has manslaughter conviction overturned

Ms Grey was aggressive and used the F word. She apparently carried on to get her shopping after the incident. Whilst I agree that her problems made her the way she is, I agree that maybe she shouldn't be out alone.

I have to look left and right before leaving my front gate.
I am often startled by cyclists on the footpath.
I am a fit 60 year old, if I was older and disabled in any way I’m sure it can be terrifying.
We need an army of street wardens with the powers to stop all this low level crime that causes so much angst.

If she is so disabled perhaps she shouldn’t have been out on her own

I personally don’t think any of her illnesses give her the right to be so aggressive I remember watching what happened she was very unfeeling about the whole situation
I m on the fence with this one but if I was the old ladies family I don’t think i d feel as if her death had been acknowledged
How long has she served ?

Germanshepherdsmum

I bet the old lady’s family are less than happy about that.

Indeed. I am sure we all would in their position but I still think the right decision was made.

I know it’s a different scenario but some pavement traffic goes so fast you are sometimes lucky to have your legs intact. I stepped out of a shop recently and a man on a mobility scooter was racing along the pavement and nearly collided with me.

The whole situation was desperately sad, but I did and still do have a lot of sympathy for Auriol Grey. Her conditions would have made her very vulnerable and the cyclist did appear in the video to be on a collision course with her. As I recall even the local authority couldn’t say whether the path was shared use or not, as they couldn’t find the paperwork. But even if there’d been a sign up to that effect, Miss Grey wouldn’t have been able to see it.

Casdon

We knew it was a shared path, that was covered in the trial. I can see both sides of this story, and I sincerely hope that Auriol Gray understands the tragic consequence of her actions, and stops abusing people from now on.

You know more than the local Constabulary then because they were unable to give a definitive answer.

road.cc/content/news/shared-use-path-signs-be-put-huntingdon-303071

I hope that due consideration is given in all circumstances also to the blind and partially sighted. Plus cerebral palsy plus autism is quite a health burden. Of course it is tragic that an innocent person died.

I need to read the story.
I hadn't heard of it before.

Am glad her appeal was successful, and I don’t think it should have gone to trial in the first place.There were more humane ways to deal with her.
Tragic all round, the council there should make sure cyclists don’t use the shared path now as I think there were no half and half cyclist/pedestrian markings on it.

I would class it as an accidental death.

We knew it was a shared path, that was covered in the trial. I can see both sides of this story, and I sincerely hope that Auriol Gray understands the tragic consequence of her actions, and stops abusing people from now on.

I bet the old lady’s family are less than happy about that.

Appeal judges said the prosecution was without adequate foundation.