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Offender sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for dangerous driving causing catastrophic bodily harm.
The offender was convicted of dangerous driving causing bodily harm after crashing his Lamborghini while driving at excessive speeds to show off to his passenger.
The passenger suffered catastrophic, life-altering injuries, including permanent brain damage.
The Crown sought 2.5 to 3 years in a penitentiary, while the defence sought a conditional sentence or intermittent sentence.
The court emphasized denunciation and general deterrence, noting the deliberate and highly dangerous nature of the driving.
The offender was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison and a 6-year driving prohibition.
The court dismissed the accused's stay applications for delay and lost evidence, convicting him of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.
Jason Georgopoulos was charged with dangerous driving causing bodily harm after crashing his Lamborghini while attempting to pass a streetcar at high speed, seriously injuring his administrative assistant.
The defendant brought two pre-trial applications: a stay of proceedings for delay under s. 11(b) of the Charter (Jordan motion) and, alternatively, a stay for lost evidence (Infotainment unit data).
The court dismissed both applications, finding that the delay was not unreasonable after accounting for defence-caused delay and COVID-19 related exceptional circumstances, and that the alleged lost evidence either never existed or would not have impacted the trial's outcome.
The court found the defendant's testimony not credible and concluded that his driving constituted a marked departure from the standard of care of a reasonable person.
