The Crown brought a motion under s. 771 of the Criminal Code for forfeiture of amounts pledged in a release order after the accused failed to appear in court.
The accused and his main sureties had written down the wrong return date, but the accused surrendered four days later.
The court found that while the sureties acted properly in remedying the failure, they did not act with due diligence to prevent it.
Given the serious nature of the original charges, the court ordered a partial forfeiture of $1,000 each from the accused and the two main sureties.
