Cyclist on ‘velodrome bike’ hit and killed HR executive

A cyclist hit and killed a HR executive while illegally riding an Olympics-style track bike with no front brake – and then posted online comments blaming the victim for the crash, a court heard. Charlie Alliston, 20, was pedalling at nearly 20mph when he collided with mother-of-two Kim Briggs, 44, as she tried to cross the road on her lunch break in busy Old Street, central London. Ms Briggs, who had recently started work as head of human resources at…