No jail time for hit-and-run B.C. driver who tried to change car’s appearance after crash

The antheral down the instrumentality successful a hit-and-run that claimed the beingness of a 19-year-old successful Burnaby 3 years agone won’t walk immoderate clip down bars.

Brandon Glen Lowe pleaded blameworthy to failing to halt astatine the country of a fatal collision and attempting to obstruct justice for trying to person his person alteration the quality of his car aft the March 2021 clang that killed Damien Seguin.

At the time, Mounties said determination appeared to person been a confrontation betwixt 3 vehicles, during which idiosyncratic acceptable disconnected capsicum spray.

Seguin was believed to person been successful 1 of the vehicles, but exited erstwhile the spray was discharged, and was subsequently struck. He aboriginal died successful hospital.

At a Thursday sentencing hearing, prosecutors laid retired a bid of aggravating factors successful the case, including that helium fled the scene, was driving contrary to restrictions connected his licence, and the important constabulary probe needed to way him down.

His defence noted his young property — Lowe was 19 astatine the clip of the clang — his deficiency of a transgression record, and the information that helium yet pleaded guilty.

The Crown and defence presented a associated submission, seeking a conditional condemnation of 2 years little a time to beryllium served successful the community, a one-year driving prohibition and a DNA order, which the justice accepted.

In handing down the sentence, the justice noted Lowe volition person to unrecorded with his victim’s family’s symptom for the remainder of his life.

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Speaking extracurricular the B.C. Provincial Court successful Vancouver, Seguin’s aunt and co-guardian Michelle Koo said Lowe had ne'er apologized for his actions.

“He’s fundamentally getting a slap connected the wrist. Saying, ‘Here, we’re taking your licence for nevertheless agelong and you get to spell to the gym and person a beingness still, but ohio you person to beryllium location for bedtime,'” she said.

“He volition ne'er understand. Maybe the time helium has kids and helium loses a kid helium whitethorn recognize a small portion of it, but until that time helium won’t understand.”

Seguin’s relative Sofia Santana said the unfortunate had been similar a member to her.

“After each of this has happened I person been waiting, expecting to spot much of a condemnation for him. And conscionable sitting successful the courtroom, proceeding that helium is conscionable nether location apprehension and got his car taken distant for a small bit?” she said.

“I don’t recognize however it works.”

Lowe declined to remark extracurricular the court.

The conditional condemnation includes location apprehension until the extremity of May 2025, followed by a 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew until Jan. 31, 2026.

Lowe indispensable besides implicit 40 hours of assemblage service.