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Quebec Motorist Gets 14-year Prison Sentence In Death Of Family Of Three

The Canadian Press, 26 Jan, 2017 12:21 PM
    SAGUENAY, Que. — A Quebec motorist who who was driving under the influence of alcohol when he killed a family of three was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison.
     
    A jury convicted Yves Martin last December in the August 2015 deaths of Mathieu Perron, Vanessa Tremblay-Viger and their son Patrick, 4.
     
    Tremblay-Viger was pregnant at the time of the head-on collision in Saguenay, about 250 kilometres north of Quebec City.
     
    Martin's blood-alcohol level was more than twice the legal limit. 
     
    With time already served, Martin has 11 years and nine months left in his sentence.
     
    The charges against him included dangerous driving causing death.
     
    In sentencing him, Quebec Superior Court Justice Francois Huot noted the accused was a repeat offender who was not dissuaded from drinking and driving by the fear of being arrested.
     
    Martin was previously convicted in 2005 and 2010 for driving under the influence.

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