Posted: Jan 21, 2021 11:08 AM MT | Last Updated: January 21
Meghan Bomford, 17, was killed in a rollover on McKnight Boulevard N.E. in October 2016. Her father, Shaun Bomford, was driving the 2002 Jeep Liberty that spun out of control, crossed the median and then rolled.(Facebook)
A Calgary father who killed his daughter when he rolled his Jeep while drunk wants his conviction overturned or at least a lighter sentence.
Michael Shaun Bomford was convicted of drunk driving causing death and bodily harm, as well as dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm.
In September, Bomford was handed a 5½-year sentence for his crimes.
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Texts a Calgary teen sent to her mom shortly before she was thrown to her death from her father’s careening Jeep should not have been allowed into evidence, an appeal filed on the dad’s behalf says.
In a notice of appeal filed by defence lawyer Alias Sanders, Michael Bomford says the hearsay evidence should have been ruled inadmissible in his Court of Queen’s Bench trial.
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Sanders wants Bomford’s convictions on charges of drunk driving and dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm tossed by the Alberta Court of Appeal.
CALGARY A man sentenced to 5.5 years in jail for a 2016 drunk driving crash that killed his 17-year-old daughter and left her best friend with a serious brain injury is appealing his conviction and sentence. Michael Shaun Bomford filed the appeal Wednesday. He was sentenced to jail in September 2020, along with an eight-year driving prohibition. Bomford s appeal claims the sentence was excessive and unreasonable in the circumstances, and the trial judge erred by ruling the hearsay text messages admissible at trial. Bomford is currently housed at Drumheller Institution, having been convicted of dangerous driving causing death and dangerous driving causing bodily harm.