A tragic accident should not have landed Auriol Grey in prison. Our justice system is stuck in the dark ages | Simon Jenkins

The UK’s obsession with jail time is counterproductive and cruel. There are better ways to deal with wrongdoing

Auriol Grey, who has cerebral palsy and lives in specially adapted accommodation, was walking along a footpath in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, and was infuriated to see a bicycle coming towards her. She waved her arm at it, making the 77-year-old rider swerve, lose her balance and fall into the road, where she was hit by a passing car and died. An act of what might be called antisocial b...