Daily Mirror

‘Killer cyclist shouted at crash mum’

- BY EMILY PENNINK

CASE Kim, left, and Alliston A CYCLIST accused of killing a mum-of-two shouted at her as she lay mortally wounded, a court heard.

Charlie Alliston, then 18, was allegedly doing 18mph on a fixed-wheel track bike with no front brakes before he hit Kim Briggs, 44.

Witness David Callan said in a statement read to the Old Bailey: “The cyclist clattered to the ground further down the road but quickly sprang to their feet and shouted something at the pedestrian.”

Jurors heard Mrs Briggs suffered “non-survivable brain injuries” in the crash in Old Street, East London. She died in hospital later.

Alliston, 20, of Bermondsey, South London, denies manslaught­er and causing grievous harm by wanton and furious driving. The trial continues.

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