Letter of Support from the Princeton RCMP
COURT NEWS - January 14, 2010
THREE MEN LOSE LICENCES
Donald G. Cathro appeared in Provincial Court on Thursday, January 14 for sentencing on an impaired driving charge. He had entered a guilty plea on December 10, 2009, to a charge resulting from an incident on June 27, 2008 outside Princeton fairgrounds. Police observed him stop, get out of his pick-up truck, and go to the vehicle behind him. Then he had walked back to his own vehicle. Police observed his uneven gait and went to speak to him. He showed signs of impairment. Witnesses told police they had seen him veering from one side of the highway to the other and driving on the shoulder. Breathanalysis showed readings of .200. As Cathro's violation had occurred prior to the latest impaired driving legislation, he was ordered to pay $800 fine and is prohibited from driving for one year.
The next two drivers to lose their licences would pay much more.
Dion Lewis entered a guilty plea to a charge resulting on October 10, 2009. Police had seen two men in a pick-up truck outside a local pub.
The officer spoke to the driver, and suggested he find an alternative way of getting home. The driver agreed. Later that evening, the same driver and truck were observed by the same officer. Lewis was stopped, taken for a breath test which yielded readings of .210, and was charged. He had no prior impaired driving convictions but due to the high breath test readings was ordered to pay a $1,200 fine and is prohibited from driving for one year.
The third driver to lose his right to drive had been charged on October 24, 2009. Jedson Long was in Surrey when police saw his vehicle swerving all over the road. He was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine in addition to his one year prohibition.
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