The accused was found guilty of criminal negligence causing death after his four-year-old son fell from the bucket of a skid steer and was killed.
The court considered the tragic circumstances, the accused's lack of criminal record, his deep remorse, and the positive changes made to farm safety.
Finding that the accused's conduct was at the lowest end of the spectrum of deliberate endangerment and that a jail sentence would compound the family's grief, the court imposed a suspended sentence with three years of probation and a 10-year driving prohibition.
