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Recent examples of impaired-driving sentences in which jail time was not ordered:
Recent examples of impaired-driving sentences in which jail time was not ordered:
-- A veteran Manitoba RCMP officer was given a $1,200 fine after getting caught behind the wheel with a blood-alcohol reading of 0.10. There was no crash, damage or injuries. Tracy Santo, 32, pleaded guilty earlier this year following her November 2011 arrest on Highway 6, north of Winnipeg.
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-- A 45-year-old Winnipeg police officer was given a $1,500 fine after crashing his motorcycle, injuring both himself and his helmetless female passenger. Daniel Aminot's blood-alcohol level was 0.20 at the time of the August 2009 crash.
-- A 33-year-old Winnipeg mother was given two years of probation and a $2,500 fine after fleeing the scene of a crash, leaving her five-year-old daughter in the damaged vehicle. The woman had a blood-alcohol level of 0.17 when she sideswiped another vehicle at the corner of Banning Street and Ellice Avenue, then struck a fence during the mid-morning crash in March 2010.
-- Vincent Prince walked out of court with a $600 fine after striking an unusual plea bargain that saw him absolved of any blame in an April 2008 tragedy on the Brokenhead First Nation, about 50 kilometres north of Winnipeg. Prince, 40, pleaded guilty to impaired driving in exchange for the Crown dropping much more serious charge of impaired driving causing death, which likely would have resulted in a lengthy jail term. Prince had nearly triple the legal blood-alcohol limit in his system while driving a Mercury Sable that was rear-ended on a gravel road by a band constable's pickup truck, court was told. He didn't have a licence. His sister, 44-year-old Loretta Prince, and her son, 23-year-old Alfred, were killed instantly. Prince suffered a torn aorta and spinal injuries, while his common-law wife, Angela Twovoice, was critically injured.
-- Joan Henderson was given a two-year suspended sentence after pleading guilty to badly injuring a City of Winnipeg worker while driving with a blood-alcohol level of 0.20. The 55-year-old woman blamed the drug Mirapex -- which she was taking for restless leg syndrome -- for causing her to indulge in impulsive behaviour, including playing VLTs and drinking a half-dozen double rum and Cokes inside a lounge before driving home. The victim suffered extensive leg injuries that required eight surgeries and extensive hospital stays.
-- compiled by Mike McIntyre
Republished from the Winnipeg Free Press print edition July 12, 2012 A3
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