Sentencing for impaired operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily harm contrary to s. 320.14(2) of the Criminal Code.
The offender, with a BAC of 180 mg/100 mL, lost control of his vehicle carrying four passengers, striking a concrete light post and overturning.
The front-seat passenger sustained life-threatening injuries including permanent hearing loss and facial nerve damage.
Despite the Crown seeking six to nine months' incarceration, the court determined 12 months was the appropriate custodial range but imposed a 15-month conditional sentence served in the community with strict house arrest, electronic monitoring, and alcohol abstinence conditions, followed by 18 months' probation and an 18-month driving prohibition.
