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An Elliot Lake man is going to be
a familiar face at the Goderich
court house.
In Wingham’s provincial court
May 17, Judge R.G.E. Hunter
ordered Michael Riding, 44 to
appear in Goderich on May 25,
June 4 and June 11, before making
a final appearance for sentencing
June 18.
“You appear every week just so
I know you’ve seen your lawyer
and things are on track,” said
Hunter.
Riding was convicted of his sixth
impaired conviction in Wingham’s
December court. Hunter rejected a
joint submission asking for a 90-
day jail term to be served on
weekends and a one-year driving
prohibition.
The request had been made as
Riding needed to care for his ailing
mother.
Hunter gave Riding one month to
make other arrangements for his
mother.
In January, the matter was
adjourned once again to the
February court, which was
cancelled due to weather. It was
adjourned again in March.
At Thursday’s court, duty
counsel Lynn Johnston read a letter
from Riding’s lawyer saying he’d
been fired the night before.
For this reason Riding requested
another adjournment to try and hire
a local lawyer.
“I’m not prepared to grant
another adjournment. This is your
sixth conviction for drinking and
driving. I want you to explain to me
why (a jail term) in the range of six
months is inappropriate,” said
Hunter
Riding said he doesn’t drink
anymore and is against drinking
and driving totally. He also said he
needed to look after his mom.
“I’m sorry but your social issues
don’t affect me when making
decisions here,” said Hunter.
As for his Toronto-based lawyer,
Riding said it had been difficult to
meet with him. “What’s the point of
having a lawyer I can’t sit and talk
to?”
“You hired him,” said Hunter,
asking if Riding had ever gone to
Toronto to see his lawyer. Riding
replied that he had not as his
mother had to drive him and it was
too far from Elliot Lake.
Hunter told him to consult with
someone local, then set the dates
for him to return. “This matter is to
be disposed of June 18.”
IMPAIRED
A Brussels man was found guilty
of impaired driving.
OPP Acting Sgt. Charlene
Pollard was the Crown’s only
witness in the case against Randy
Beuermann.
The officer testified that at
midnight Aug. 5 a vehicle exited a
Newry Road residence, and in
making a turn to the west, crossed
into the eastbound lane. She
followed it and the driver turned
north on McDonald Line.
Pollard said the driver took about
30 seconds to pull over after she
activitated the lights. Beuermann
was behind the wheel. There was
one passenger with him.
Seeing signs of impairment, the
officer asked to search the vehicle
and was given permission. She
found three bottles of beer under
the passenger seat. Two had been
opened and re-capped.
With both men out of the vehicle,
Pollard said she asked Beuermann
to accompany her back to the
cruiser. “He ran away into the bush
on the east side of the road.”
Defense counsel Brian Starkman
questioned Pollard’s notes, asking
why she had not said she had
formed the opinion Beuermann was
impaired. Pollard said that she
wrote down later he would be
summoned for flight and impaired.
“I suggest you only decided to
charge him with impaired after he
ran away,” said Starkman.
“If I’m called to an assault and I
see a bloody nose, I don’t write in
my notes that I had formed the
opinion there was an assault,”
answered Pollard.
“But impaired is different. It’s an
opinion,” said Starkman.
“A lot of things are opinion,”
countered Pollard.
The defence witness, the
passenger, said that while he had
been drinking excessively that day,
he felt confident that Beuermann
was not impaired. Attorney for the
Crown John O’Donnell wondered
if the witness’s condition at the
time made him the best judge of the
situation.
The witness also spoke of the
accused’s physical disabilities, the
result of an industrial accident,
which would explain some of the
“signs of impairment” the officer
had seen, such as unsteadiness and
fumbling while looking for
identification and ownership.
O’Donnell wasn’t buying,
however. “Does he engage in
sports?” he asked. The witness said
the accused played hockey.
“Also, we heard from the officer
that he bolted. He didn’t seem to
have any problem there.”
“No sir,” the witness answered.
“Do you see any inconsistencies
there?” O’Donnell asked.
The timeframe that the two had
been together also raised questions
for the Crown. The vehicle the men
were in had been purchased that
day. They had had lunch together
and spent the day visiting friends
and potential job sites.
The witness testified that they
bought two 24-bottle cases of beer,
that he had consumed about 18, but
that Beuermann had only had about
four.
O’Donnell also wondered why if
the men were heading to Brussels
and home, they had turned down
McDonald Line. “So I could finish
my drink, I guess,” said the witness.
“He’s a very considerate person,”
said O’Donnell.
Hunter said that if the only
evidence before him had been
the physical evidence he would
give the accused the benefit of the
doubt. “But I have to look at the
totality.”
He noted the error in driving that
first caught the officer’s attention,
the beer in the vehicle, that he took
a sideroad rather than heading
directly into town, that it took a bit
of time before Beuermann pulled
over for the officer, that she saw
signs of impairment and that he
fled, as strong arguments in favour
of conviction.
He also said he placed “little or
no weight” on the evidence of the
accused.
“I have no doubt in my mind that
the accused was impaired,” said
Hunter.
Beuermann has a previous
conviction from 1997 for having
over 80 mg of alcohol in 100 ml of
blood.
He was fined $1,200 and is
prohibited from driving for 12
months. He has four months to pay
the fine.
TIME SERVED
A former Wroxeter man, now of
Guelph, was sentenced to 18 days
time served for breaching a
condition of bail.
According to O’Donnell, police
had gone to the home of Doug
Schefter on Jan. 12 and discovered
that he had been drinking.
The accused was to abstain from
the consumption of alcohol.
ASSAULT
Mitch Braun of Wingham pled
guilty to assault.
O’Donnell said police were
called to a residence in North
Huron April 6. Braun was waiting
at the door and led them into the
residence.
The victim was inside.
O’Donnell said the pair had argued
and Braun had “wrapped himself”
around the victim and wouldn’t let
her go.
Braun was convicted for causing
a disturbance in 2003.
Hunter granted a conditional
discharge and placed Braun on 12
months probation. He is prohibited
from owning firearms for five
years.
ASSAULT
A North Huron man was charged
with assault following an incident
Aug 28. He pled guilty.
An altercation took place
between David Willis and the
victim, who sustained some
bruising to the arm and leg.
Willis received a conditional
discharge and was placed on 12
months probation.
He is prohibited from owning
weapons for five years.
UTTER THREAT
Kirk Tatara of Seaforth pled
guilty to threatening death.
O’Donnell said Tatara got into an
argument with the victim on Feb. 5
and said he “would murder her, he
would kill her.”
Tatara was placed on probation
for 12 months and is prohibited
from owning weapons for five
years.
MARIJUANA POSSESSION
David Bondi of Brussels was
charged with marijuana possession
on Feb. 10 after police found
approximately 14 grams during a
search.
He pled guilty.
Bondi has no record.
He was given a conditional
discharge and placed on probation
for six months.
MARIJUANA POSSESSION
Wanda Procter of Wingham pled
guilty to marijuana possession.
Federal Crown Mike Donnelly
said police had been contacted by a
man who said Procter had taken
something from his home. When
officers searched Procter’s
residence they found a small
amount of marijuana in her
purse.
She was given a condition
discharge and placed on 12 months
probation.
Court newsMan gets one more delay
The Huron OPP are investigating
a serious motor vehicle crash that
occurred at the intersection of
Londesborough Road and Baseline
Road in Central Huron on May 21 at
approximately 4 p.m.
According to police, an eastbound
2001 Honda CVR pulled into the
path of a northbound 1999 Dodge
RPC.
The driver of the Dodge, Murray
Thompson, 49, of North Huron
escaped with minor injuries.
The driver of the Honda, Shawn
Sleeth of Wingham was transported
to the Clinton hospital with serious
injuries. A passenger, 46-year-old,
David Peerley of Toronto was air
lifted to London Health Sciences
Centre with life-threatening injuries
The OPP technical traffic
collision investigators were on
scene trying to determine the cause
of the crash. This investigation is
continuing
OPP
investigate
crash
in Central
Huron
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