The family of a pastor in British Columbia killed in a collision of ardent vehicles at the border crossing of Peace Arch six years ago is indignant that the accusations against the man who crashed to him.
“He killed my husband,” said Athens Cheung, the victim’s widow, to Global News. “It’s so injured for my family.”
Pastor Tom Cheung was killed on May 2, 2019, when Gurbinder Singh, a resident of the Washington State, crashed in his mini-duties in a range of borders, which has burst.
Singh, 40, pleaded not guilty of dangerous conduct causing death, but in April, judge of the provincial court Daniel Weatherly rejected the accusation of decision that his mental state had been deeply altered at the time of the collision.
The court had heard that Singh had been certified under the Mental Health Act after the collision and had undergone a mental health crisis the day before the accident.
Cheung’s family has not yet seen a written copy of the decision. They say they don’t understand why he was just allowed to go freely.
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“In the end, he (the judge) just said, the rejected case, the defense was released. Just like a few words,” said Athens.
“It’s so crazy for everyone, all my support, brothers and sisters, they are quite surprised. Do like that? I don’t think. It is in Canada, what happened? “
Solomon Cheung, the victim’s son, said that he feared that the dismissal could establish a precedent, in particular following the horrible Attack on Lapu Lapu day in VancouverWhere the police said that a man suspected of having killed 11 people driving a vehicle through a crowd also suffered from mental health problems.
“I did not expect in any way to rejected, free to leave,” said Solomon.
“If he really had mental health problems, should he not be admitted to a psychiatric service? Why is there literally nothing? It makes no sense. I was more angry than anything.”
The deadly collision was captured on high -quality video surveillance, and many factors in the case, including the identity of the driver, were not disputed at the trial.
The court learned that Singh had started to hear votes the day before the collision, had been treated in the hospital with antipsychotic and released drugs.
The facts agreed in the case understood that Singh was traveling north at 120 km / h in an area of 30 km / h on motorway 99 in a Porsche Cayenne at the time of the accident.
“Whoever sees it objectively will see this is a huge injustice and a huge failure of our judicial system,” said Solomon.
“It literally has no meaning when the judge admitted objectively that yes, it was his car that hit my father’s car, and he died accordingly, but that does not prove his guilt in a way? I do not understand this part.”
Worse, the family said they had never received an apology from Singh.
Singh, said Athens, never even looked at her in the courtroom.
“Never say a word like sorry,” she said.
The BC Prosecution Service (BCPS) confirmed that he had decided not to challenge the decision, indicating to Global News: “The factors required to launch such an appeal as indicated in BCPS policy Crown calls at the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada are not met. “”
The accusation service did not specify how these factors were not filled.
The Cheung family, on the other hand, says that they are exhausted by the process that is dragged for years.
“Even the Coroner report, we waited two years. The trial, six years. We waited so long,” said Athens.
“It’s not just for my family.
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