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It's not totally clear if the collision took place on the footway or in the road but this telegraph article we have the following:
"Mr Collins said that the defendant admitted in a police interview that he could have steered away from the pedestrians but thought a shout was enough to avoid the collision."
The cyclist had a duty of care towards the pedestrians, ie to try and avoid colliding with them if he could. He did not.
There is NO SUCH THING AS JAY-WALKING IN THIS COUNTRY.
Nor, in my view, should there be.
Sorry, but pedestrians have a more of a right to be in the road, anywhere in the road, than cyclists do. Just as cyclists have more of right to be in the road, anywhere in the road, than motor-vehicles.