S. Olver

The accused was charged with impaired operation and operating a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol concentration over 80.

Following a motor vehicle collision, the other driver and police concluded the accused was the driver based on her standing outside the driver's side of the vehicle.

The court found the civilian witness's conclusion and the police officer's uncorroborated, unrecorded recollection of an admission insufficient to prove identity.

The charges were dismissed as the Crown failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the accused was driving.

The accused was charged with assaulting his girlfriend with a broomstick and breaching a recognizance.

Police responded to a 911 call and found the victim hiding in a washroom with a piece of wood embedded in her hand.

Both the accused and the victim testified that an unknown stranger committed the attack in the hallway.

The court rejected their evidence as absurd and internally inconsistent, finding the accused guilty of the assault charges based on circumstantial evidence, but acquitted him of the breach charge.

The accused was sentenced to 12 months in jail (reduced by 4 months for pre-trial custody) and three years of probation.