Partially-sighted pedestrian with cerebral palsy convicted of manslaughter after cyclist killed
Partially-sighted pedestrian with cerebral palsy convicted of manslaughter after cyclist killed A partially-sighted pedestrian with cerebral palsy has been convicted of manslaughter after a 77-year-old cyclist fell into the path of a car after being confronted about riding on a pavement. Auriol Grey, 49, gestured in a “hostile and aggressive way” towards retired midwife Celia Ward who then fell into the path of an oncoming car. A video shown to Peterborough Crown Court, Cambs, captured the moment Grey shouted at Mrs Ward to "get off the [expletive] pavement". Moments later Mrs Ward appears to wobble off the pavement into the carriageway at Huntingdon, Cambs, where she is struck by a VW Passat. Grey, of Huntingdon, Cambs, was convicted of manslaughter and will be sentenced on March 2. The court heard the two women passed each other in opposite directions on the pavement of the town's ring road pavement on October 20, 2020. The prosecution claimed Grey was