The accused, Deinsberg St. Hilaire, was charged with dangerous driving causing death, failure to stop at the scene of an accident causing death, and obstruction of a peace officer.
He pleaded guilty to obstruction but not guilty to the other two.
The charges arose from a collision where his pickup truck struck and killed a cyclist on the paved shoulder of Leitrim Road.
The court found the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the *actus reus* and *mens rea* for dangerous driving, specifically that the driving constituted a 'marked departure' from the standard of care or that the accused knew or ought to have known he was too tired to drive.
For the failure to stop charge, the court found reasonable doubt as to whether the accused knew or was wilfully blind to having struck a person.
Consequently, St. Hilaire was found not guilty of dangerous driving causing death and failure to stop, but guilty of obstruction of a peace officer.
