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You're spot on. I must be conflating two incidents. I was certain that the driver was sentenced to prison but I'm clearly wrong.
"The driver of the car that hit Mr Tandy was not arrested and witnesses told the Standard it had been a “tragic accident.” Mr Tandy is the ninth cyclist to die on London’s roads this year."
Mentioned but judge makes it clear that it is irrelevant to the case at hand.
I.e you have to be prepared for somebody to do something unexpected when driving a vehicle.
It kind of reminds me of that poor sod who died on London Bridge a few years ago. He was incredibly drunk, lost control of his bike, hit the central reservation and went flying into the path of an oncoming car. Driver of car was jailed for causing the accident by speeding and the inebriation of the cyclist was irrelevant...he would have stopped in time if he wasn't speeding.