A 22-year-old woman has appealed against her conviction for a road rage incident filmed by the BBC presenter Jeremy Vine.
Shanique Syrena Pearson was found guilty at Hammersmith magistrates court last month of using threatening or abusive behaviour and driving without reasonable consideration over a confrontation with Vine that took place on 26 August last year.
The Crimewatch and Radio 2 presenter posted a video on Facebook showing a “scary” confrontation with Pearson that took place in Kensington, west London, as he was cycling home.
The video, filmed on bike-mounted cameras and shown in court, captured Pearson driving close behind Vine’s bike on a narrow street, revving her engine and beeping her horn. When Vine braked and attempted to explain that he needed to cycle in the centre of the road to avoid being hit by a car door, Pearson got out of her car and walked towards him, shouting: “This is what gets cyclists killed, why the fuck would you stop in front of my car. You don’t respect your life?”
She then grabbed the bike and tried to physically move it and Vine out of her way. She can be heard adding: “I could’ve hit you and been done for murder.”
Shortly afterwards, as Vine attempted to photograph Pearson’s Vauxhall Corsa, she got out of the car again at traffic lights and told him: “Take a picture of my car again and I’ll knock you out.”
The appeal will be heard at Isleworth crown court on 18 April.
