"A police motorcyclist has been cleared of causing death by careless driving after a collision that killed a pensioner while he was escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh through London. Helen Holland, 81, died two weeks after being struck at a pedestrian crossing in West Cromwell Road, west London, on May 10 2023. The Old Bailey trial heard that Metropolitan Police officer Christopher Harrison, 68, was travelling between 44mph and 58mph as he approached the crossing, which had a 30mph speed limit at the time."
"A jury acquitted Pc Harrison on Thursday after deliberating for two hours and 25 minutes. After the verdict was returned, a person shouted from the public gallery: You ruined our family with no consequences. Mr Justice Martin Chamberlain then told PC Harrison he was free to leave. On the day of the incident, Pc Harrison was among the team of convoy motorbike outriders that was escorting Sophie as she left the Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office in King Charles Street just after 3pm,"
An 81-year-old pensioner, Helen Holland, died two weeks after being struck at a pedestrian crossing on West Cromwell Road, west London, on May 10 2023. Metropolitan Police officer Christopher Harrison, 68, was driving between 44mph and 58mph while approaching a 30mph crossing. A jury at the Old Bailey acquitted Pc Harrison of causing death by careless driving after two hours and 25 minutes of deliberation. After the verdict, a member of the public shouted that the family had been ruined. Harrison was part of a convoy of motorbike outriders escorting the Duchess of Edinburgh; a police back-up vehicle and the duchess's car were present.
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