The defendant, Trevor Henry, pled guilty to careless driving causing death and bodily harm under the Highway Traffic Act.
The collision resulted in the death of Nancy Fleming and life-altering injuries to William Fleming.
The court considered sentencing principles of deterrence, proportionality, and restraint, along with aggravating factors (devastating impact on victims' family) and mitigating factors (guilty plea, remorse, no prior similar driving offences).
The court imposed a global sentence of 45 days intermittent imprisonment, a 2-year non-reporting probation order, and a 2-year driver's licence suspension, emphasizing that the sentence denounces the driving conduct and serves general and specific deterrence.
