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A hit-and run-driver who left a cyclist to die by the side of the road and then concocted an elaborate alibi has been given just a one-year sentence to be served at home.
Which makes the “punishment” for Alexandra Forrestall not all that different from the way of life for many under COVID lockdown.
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The 26-year-old Markham driver pleaded guilty earlier this year to failing to stop after an accident in a case of death. According to the agreed statement, it was 8:22 a.m. on June 15 last year and the recently-laid off early childhood educator was driving eastbound on Carlton Rd. in Unionville to her part-time babysitting job.