My other point is that nobody actually knows really we have a He Said She Said scenario
presumably the police were watching the junction so know what happened, they also know whether the car driver was fined. So are they going to spill the beans?
If driver illegally entered the ASL (after red/amber) and both were fined then no worries, if the driver was let off but cyclist wasn’t then yeah kick up a fuss.
I’m aware this is like a kid stamping his feet and shouting “not fair!” but you can also view it as one rule for cars another for bikes – which already seems to be the case 🙁
EDIT
So, he should have stopped legally behind the car.
what if they were side by side approaching the junction (with the lights on red) and the driver went straight into the ASL, driver has commited an offence and put cyclists in a dangerous position (if it isn’t dangerous WTF is the point of ASLs) so cyclist moves himself into a safer* position. Just suggesting another possibility.
*possibly