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(STEVE ARSTAD / iNFOnews.ca) December 18, 2020 - 4:05 PM Penticton Supreme Court heard heart wrenching stories of lives shattered during a sentencing hearing for a driver originally charged with five counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm. Silous J. Paul entered a guilty plea to a single charge of dangerous driving causing bodily harm prior to his hearing today, Dec. 18. Crown prosecutor Nashina Devji told court Paul was travelling northbound in a Chrysler 400 on Highway 97 on the morning of July 21, 2017, when he crossed the centreline at a sharp corner of the highway along Vaseux Lake, colliding head on with a southbound GMC pickup containing four occupants after crossing the centreline.
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During that probation period, Paul will have to watch a video created by the family of Laurie Hamm that shows her struggles in daily life since the crash, then write an essay that satisfies his probation officer.
The essay requirement was suggested by Crown counsel Nashina Devji as part of a joint submission with defence counsel “in order to instil a sense of responsibility in the offender.”
Justice Alison Beames also ordered Paul to complete 50 hours of community service at a rehabilitation facility, if possible to get “an even better appreciation of the harm your actions have caused to the victims in this case.”