BIKE LAD ‘YELLED’ AT HURT MOTHER
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® A CYCLIST accused of killing a mother-of-two by ploughing into her on a track bike began shouting at her as she lay injured in the street, a court heard.
Charlie Alliston was allegedly riding a fixed wheel track bike with no front brakes when he crashed into 44-year-old Kim Briggs.
Alliston, then aged 18, is on trial at the Old Bailey charged with manslaughter and causing grievous harm by wanton and furious driving.
Duncan Penny, prosecuting, read out a statement from eyewitness David Callan. Mr Callan said Mrs Briggs was not using a crossing some 30 ft away. He went on: “The cyclist flew through the air and the pedestrian fell at the point of impact.
“The cyclist clattered to the ground further down the road but quickly sprang to their feet and shouted something at the pedestrian as they took a step towards the pedestrian who lay on the ground.
“It seemed like the same voice I heard immediately before the collision.”
Mrs Briggs suffered “non-survivable brain injuries” and died in hospital a week later.
The court has heard Alliston’s bike was not legal to use on the road.
Jurors have been told that crash investigators had concluded Alliston would have been able to stop and avoid collision if the bike had been fitted with a front brake.
Alliston, now 20, of Bermondsey, south London, denies the charges against him.
The trial continues.