The accused was charged with dangerous driving contrary to s. 249(2) of the Criminal Code following an incident at MacKenzie Health hospital.
Security officers had asked the accused to move his taxi from a fire zone.
After refusing and being placed under arrest for trespass, the accused drove into a security guard multiple times, then reversed at high speed through a hospital crosswalk, narrowly missing a pedestrian.
The central issues were witness credibility and whether the Crown proved the driving was dangerous within the statutory meaning.
The court found the Crown witnesses credible and accepted their evidence that the accused deliberately struck the security officer and drove recklessly through the crosswalk.
The court rejected the accused's testimony as unreliable and found the conduct constituted a marked departure from the standard of care expected of a reasonable driver.
