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Auriol Grey, who confronted the cyclist in Huntingdon, was convicted of manslaughter last year
By Brian Farmer
BBC News, at the Court of Appeal
A pedestrian who shouted and waved her arm at a cyclist riding on the pavement, causing them to fall into the path of a car, has had her manslaughter conviction overturned by appeal judges.
Auriol Grey, 50, used an expletive as she told Celia Ward, 77, to "get off the pavement" in Huntingdon in 2020.
Mrs Ward, from nearby Wyton in Cambridgeshire, died as a result.
Grey, who has cerebral palsy and partial blindness, was given a three-year jail term at a retrial last year.
At the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, three judges overturned her conviction.
Dame Victoria Sharp, sitting with Mrs Justice Yip and Mrs Justice Farbey, said: "In our judgment, the prosecution case was insufficient event to be left to the jury."
She continued: "In all the circumstances, we have no hesitation in concluding that the appellant's conviction for manslaughter is unsafe."
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