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Suspended sentence and three years' probation imposed for criminal negligence causing death of child in farm accident.
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.
A father convicted of criminal negligence causing death after his child fell from farm equipment received a suspended sentence.
The defendant was convicted of criminal negligence causing death following the death of his four-year-old son on a farm.
The child fell from the bucket of a skid steer while the defendant was operating the equipment and was struck by the machine.
The defendant had placed both his young sons in the bucket untethered while actively working with the equipment.
The Crown sought a sentence of two years less a day plus probation and a driving prohibition.
Defence counsel sought a suspended sentence with probation.
The court imposed a suspended sentence with three years of probation, a ten-year driving prohibition, and conditions including grief counselling and 240 hours of community service focused on farm safety education.
