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One year for drunk driver who injured duo
HE turned to the bottle to deal with the sudden death of his grandmother.
But Hubert Butt nearly ended two more lives after a day of drowning his sorrows and getting behind the wheel of a car.
Butt, 32, was sentenced to one year in jail Tuesday for a March 2011 drunk-driving crash that seriously injured two young brothers who had just moved to Canada from Nepal.
After leaving a Winnipeg bar, Butt began swerving all over the road, often at high speeds, and struck a vehicle that was stopped at a red light. Butt then turned the wrong way down a one-way downtown street and ran over the two unsuspecting young men who were crossing. He then proceeded to smash into a light standard.
"The harm this offender caused is remarkable," provincial court Judge Rocky Pollack said Tuesday.
Two police officers in the area of Isabel Street and Bannatyne Avenue witnessed the final stages of the rampage. Both victims, aged 24 and 25, suffered extensive trauma after being hit. They include several broken bones, which required nearly a week in hospital and impacted their ability to find work in their new homeland.
"To this day, (Butt) doesn't remember colliding with them and sending them 50 feet through the air," said Pollack.
Butt began fighting with police and paramedics at the scene and had to be repeatedly restrained, court was told. A warrant was obtained for his blood, which showed him having nearly triple the legal alcohol limit in his system.
Butt has no prior criminal history but made a series of terrible choices that fateful night, which began with him grieving the passing of his elderly relative, court was told.
The Crown was seeking an 18-month jail sentence, while his lawyer was seeking a 90-day penalty to be served intermittently on weekends. Butt was also given two years of supervised probation Tuesday, which includes an order to abstain from alcohol and attend counselling.
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Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition May 23, 2012 B2
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