Published Friday, Jul. 27, 2012 7:28AM PDT
Last Updated Friday, Jul. 27, 2012 12:31PM PDT Former RCMP Cpl. Monty Robinson received a 12-month conditional sentence in court Friday after being convicted of obstruction of justice in March.
Robinson’s sentence includes one month of house arrest, a curfew between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. and the completion of an alcohol treatment program.
The judge also ruled Robinson is not allowed to consume alcohol, must write a letter of apology to Hutchinson’s family and pay a $1,000 fine to the victim’s surcharge fund.
Robinson was found guilty of thwarting the Delta police officers who tried to determine whether he was drunk when he struck and killed 21-year-old motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson with his Jeep after attending a Halloween party.
The court heard Robinson had five beers before getting behind the wheel that night. The judge ruled Robinson had deliberately tried to muddy any investigation into whether he was impaired by leaving his driver’s licence at the crash scene, taking his kids home and downing two glasses of vodka before returning.
The judge concluded he was using his police training to avoid accusations of impaired driving.
Orion’s mother Judith Hutchinson likened the sentence to being grounded. “It’s so frustrating,” she told CTV News.
Robinson, who was the senior officer involved in the tasering death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver International Airport, quit the force last week.
Robinson and three other Mounties also face perjury charges stemming from their testimony at the public inquiry into Dziekanski's death.
Drive drunk with two children in the vehicle, kill a man on a motorcycle then leave the scene of the accident without offering assistance so he could uses his professional knowledge to con and manipulate the criminal act he just committed.
Meanwhile the average citizen has a beer after work . As his car impounded,, loses his license and has massive fines implemented upon him at the roadside with no recourse in a court of law..... the system is badly broken
Last Updated Friday, Jul. 27, 2012 12:31PM PDT Former RCMP Cpl. Monty Robinson received a 12-month conditional sentence in court Friday after being convicted of obstruction of justice in March.
Robinson’s sentence includes one month of house arrest, a curfew between the hours of 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. and the completion of an alcohol treatment program.
The judge also ruled Robinson is not allowed to consume alcohol, must write a letter of apology to Hutchinson’s family and pay a $1,000 fine to the victim’s surcharge fund.
Robinson was found guilty of thwarting the Delta police officers who tried to determine whether he was drunk when he struck and killed 21-year-old motorcyclist Orion Hutchinson with his Jeep after attending a Halloween party.
The court heard Robinson had five beers before getting behind the wheel that night. The judge ruled Robinson had deliberately tried to muddy any investigation into whether he was impaired by leaving his driver’s licence at the crash scene, taking his kids home and downing two glasses of vodka before returning.
The judge concluded he was using his police training to avoid accusations of impaired driving.
Orion’s mother Judith Hutchinson likened the sentence to being grounded. “It’s so frustrating,” she told CTV News.
Robinson, who was the senior officer involved in the tasering death of Polish immigrant Robert Dziekanski at the Vancouver International Airport, quit the force last week.
Robinson and three other Mounties also face perjury charges stemming from their testimony at the public inquiry into Dziekanski's death.
Drive drunk with two children in the vehicle, kill a man on a motorcycle then leave the scene of the accident without offering assistance so he could uses his professional knowledge to con and manipulate the criminal act he just committed.
Meanwhile the average citizen has a beer after work . As his car impounded,, loses his license and has massive fines implemented upon him at the roadside with no recourse in a court of law..... the system is badly broken