This is the driver who says her life has been ruined after she ran over and killed an elderly cyclist who was shooed off the pavement and into the road by a pedestrian, MailOnline reveal.
Carla Money says she has been left so devastated that it has led to the breakup of her marriage and suffering from PTSD.
Ms Money, 33, a mother of two, was driving her VW Passat in October 2020 through Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire when she hit Celia Ward, 77.
Earlier this week, Auriol Grey, 49, was jailed for three years at Peterborough Crown Court for manslaughter after gesturing at Ms Ward in a ‘hostile and aggressive way’ while screaming ‘get off the f***ing pavement’ as she came cycling towards her.
The court heard that this caused Ms Ward to veer onto the road before being hit by a car driven by Ms Money, who was returning from a playdate with her son.
Carla Money was unable to stop her VW Passat in time after cyclist Celia Ward toppled into the road on October 2020 in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire. The 77-year-old was hit by Ms Money and died of her injuries
Mother of two Ms Money (pictured) said she has been left traumatised by the incident, which this week saw Auriol Grey, 49, was jailed for three years at Peterborough Crown Court for manslaughter after gesturing at Ms Ward in a ‘hostile and aggressive way’ as she rode on the pavement
She told the court that her ‘whole life had been turned upside down’ and wrecked her marriage while she struggles to cope with PTSD.
Ms Money, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, said: ‘Not only did you (Ms Grey) knock my confidence but a piece of me was lost. A small piece of the Carla everyone knew went that day.
‘I no longer have a happy-go-lucky personality.
‘I couldn’t face speaking to people. Because of your selfish actions my children suffered, they lost their mum.
‘Mummy didn’t want to be around them or play with them. I struggled to get out of bed and was snappy.’
She added: ‘My relationship has collapsed with my husband so much we are getting divorced. My children aged seven and four now have to deal with separated parents.’
Grey is partially blind and also suffers from cognitive issues.
The court heard that until pre-sentencing Grey had expressed ‘no remorse’ for her actions and had walked off to a local supermarket before emergency services arrived at the scene of the crash.
Her lawyers are now launching an appeal after a bail application made today on her behalf failed.
Auriol Grey (pictured arriving for sentencing on Thursday), 49, swiped angrily at 77-year-old Celia Ward and told her to ‘get off the f****** pavement,’ Peterborough Crown Court heard
Grandmother Celia Ward, 77, (pictured with husband David) died in the crash in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, after Auriol Gray, 49, raised her hand and swore as she passed her on the pavement. She was hit by Carla Money’s VW Passat. Ms Money did not have time to stop
Grey is single and lives alone in an adapted home in Huntingdon, Cambs.
She is partially estranged from her mother, who according to sources, ‘has no interest in her daughter,’ saying: ‘They never see each other but occasionally speak on the phone.’
Her sister died two years ago, and she has no husband or partner.
A source said: ‘She’s all alone and has only one friend who accompanied her to court. There’s nobody in her life, it’s very sad.’
The court was told about Grey’s health issues, but the judge told her: ‘These actions are not explained by disability.’
Judge Enright also slammed her ‘dishonest account in [police] interview’ and said there was ‘not a word about remorse until today.’
At the sentencing hearing, Judge Sean Enright acknowledged Grey’s health issues, but told her they ‘do not reduce your understanding of right or wrong’.
Judge Enright said he could only impose an immediate jail sentence, telling Grey she ‘resented the presence of an oncoming cyclist’ and her actions are ‘not explained by disability’.
Ms Money (pictured left) says she has been left so devastated by the collision that it has led to the breakup of her marriage and from her being diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder
‘This was a shared path for cyclists and pedestrians, I am sure you knew cyclists used the path, and were not taken by surprise,’ the judge said.
Grey’s lawyer argued there was ‘no intention to cause harm’. A probation officer also underlined her vulnerability if placed in the prison system.
Grey was described as ‘childlike’, and it was the probation officer’s opinion that she ‘does not pose an ongoing risk to the community’.
In a statement read out in court, Gillian Hayter, Celia’s daughter, said: ‘The lack of any remorse from the accused cannot be underestimated in having a profound effect on us all.
‘I can still remember the details of the conversation on hearing my mother was killed in a cycling accident.
‘The panic and disbelief and shock of losing her in such an awful accident was hard to comprehend.
‘But the news that it was not a tragic accident, but a deliberate act of violence was incomprehensible.
‘Mum is the least violent person.
‘We have not had a chance to properly grieve, and the court case has been a constant reminder to us that mum is no longer here.’
Auriol Grey, 49, gestured angrily towards 77-year-old Celia Ward and told her to ‘get off the f****** pavement’ as she rode her bike in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, in October 2020
CCTV footage showed Grey (pictured arriving at court on Thursday), who has cerebral palsy, raising her hand as Mrs Ward lost her balance and landed into the road
Mrs Ward’s widower, retired RAF pilot David Ward, said in a statement read to the court by prosecutor Simon Spence KC that the ‘clip of Celia’s last moments will haunt me forever’.
‘Rarely a day goes by without thinking of her and our happy life together, but I can so easily burst into tears, as I have on so many occasions,’ he said.
The pair met in 1965 and in their retirement enjoyed playing golf and seeing the world on cruise holidays, the court was told.
‘I miss her terribly and after a year-and-a-half on my own felt the need to sell our house of 34 years and relocated to a retirement village near Romsey [in Hampshire],’ Mr Ward said.
He added he did this to be closer to family, including their daughter Gillian Hayter.
