Isn't selective reading great Spindrift? read what you want to read, not what the article actually says...
News | This is LondonThere is nothing in this report that says the cyclist was riding on the pavement, as others have suggested.
It does states that he was travelling down the road, there is a comment at the end of the article that says
"Its illegal to cycle on the pavement",
which is an interesting comment as many pavements have had cycle lanes added to them!
Maybe this guy could have avoided her and only he really knows why he didn't or why he chose not too.
So the reason I guess he has not been charged with a more serious offence is that she was crossing or walking in the road in front of him, negligence on her part too.
I will be very surprised if he gets convicted, he was not breaking the speed limit, he was not riding on the footpath or was he in any other contravention of any other road traffic offences