Disabled woman wrongly jailed for causing cyclist's death applies for compensation after spending a year behind bars

A disabled woman, who was jailed for causing the death of a cyclist before having her conviction quashed, is seeking compensation for ‘unnecessary and prolonged suffering’ after spending a year behind bars.

Auriol Grey is now ‘recalibrating back into the community’ after going through ‘untold pain’.

Ms Grey, 50, who has cerebral palsy and partial blindness, had been imprisoned for three years for causing the death of retired midwife Celia Ward in a pavement row whilst shouting and gesticulating at her as she was walking.

But in May she dramatically had her manslaughter conviction overturned by the Court of Appeal.

The decision led her family to call for ‘lessons to be learned,’ saying that vulnerable people needed better support from the justice system.

Auriol Grey (pictured in April) is now 'recalibrating back into the community' after going through 'untold pain' after spending a year behind bars

Auriol Grey (pictured in April) is now 'recalibrating back into the community' after going through 'untold pain' after spending a year behind bars

Auriol Grey (pictured in April) is now ‘recalibrating back into the community’ after going through ‘untold pain’ after spending a year behind bars

Footage of the incident that saw Grey jailed showed Celia Ward (pictured with her husband David) wobble into the road in Huntingdon, where she was struck by a VW Passat

Footage of the incident that saw Grey jailed showed Celia Ward (pictured with her husband David) wobble into the road in Huntingdon, where she was struck by a VW Passat

Footage of the incident that saw Grey jailed showed Celia Ward (pictured…

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