Age: 79
Sex: female
Date: 11 Jun 2021
Place: Wonastow Road, Monmouth
Elizabeth Jayne Stone died after she was hit by a bicycle, however the cyclist was only convicted of causing bodily harm by wanton or furious driving.
He had hit her on 7 June 2021 whilst cycling round a corner at the junction of Wonastow Road and Somerset Road, but cycled off. Elizabeth Stone died four days later on 11 June 2021.
Elizabeth Stone had been out with a friend earlier in the evening for a meal and to go to the cinema and they had been walking back together along Wonastow Road at about 9.30pm when she was hit by the cyclist.
At the trial, the prosecution said that Elizabeth Stone had been hit violently by the impact, stating:
The man that knocked her down later came forward ten days after the incident. However, he claimed that he had stopped to help Elizabeth Stone, however, the incident was caught on CCTV, in which he was seen to cycle off without stopping.
A spokesman for the Crown Prosecution Service later said:
