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= Two impaired driving charges
e on the same day plus a string of
other offences sent a Sidney man
to jail for four months Thursday.
8 A## appeal of the sentence is
of recommended by crown counsel
i Edward Ormheim.

“The sentences are inadequate
under the circumstances,” Orm-
heim said:

Andrew Mark On, 24, pleaded
guilty in Sidney provincial court to
four charges of impaired driving,
. one charge of obtaining food with-
* out payment, one charge of caus-
4 ing a disturbance and a motor

> vehicle act charge of failing to stop
Be when directed by a police officer.
The Crown did not proceed with
‘@ 22 other charges against Orr.
Orr was stopped twice by police
for impaired driving on May 26,
once at 5 am. and once at about

0 p.m., Ormheim said.

lice spotted Orr at the Wallace
Drive and Mt. Newton Crossroad
intersection at 5 a.m. May 26,
driving a truck with no lights on.

Although a police officer
flashed headlights at On, the man
did not activate his headlights.
Police then saw Orr drink from a
can of beer as he passed the police
| car southbound on Wallace Drive.

Signalled to stop by police, Orr
pulled to the side of the road, then
accelerated away as police

- approached, Ormheim. said.

A chase followed at speeds up to

125 kph. Between Hovey Road
and Stelly’s Crossroad Or began
weaving the truck from side to side
across both lanes on Wallace, still
with his headlights off.
Wor stopped 100 yards south of
the Stelly’s Crossroad intersection,
locked the doors of the truck and
sat in the cab drinking beer, ignor-
ing initial police demands to leave
the truck, Ormheim said. .

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- ised his job back when business
. picks up.

But he’s not holding his breath
and he may consider moving to
Edmonton or to the Lower Main-
land to look for work in the new
“year.

“Right now I’m going to tough
it out through Christmas and then
@@pke a decision about moving,”

1° he said.

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sign of the times.

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father in a state of decline all
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After police threatened to break
into the trick, Orr unlocked the
door but continued to drink beer
as he was physically removed from
the truck and arrested.

Defence lawyer Mayland
McKimm said Or maintains the
truck headlights were operating
and said Orr was shocked to see
armed police approach his truck
— although McKimm admitted,
“my client’s driving was some-
what remarkable.”

Shortly after 8 p.m. the same
day area police were watching for
Orr’s pick-up, which had been
taken from the Peninsula Towing
Compound in Sidney and backed
through the fence, causing $1500
damage to the fence and additional
damage to the rear of the truck.

Central Saanich police spotted
Orr southbound on Wallace Drive
in the truck, the left rear of which
was extensively damaged.

Orr backed up towards police,
then drove up a steep driveway off
Wallace Drive. Police found him
sitting in the truck, drinking beer.

He had breathalyzer readings of
16 and .15 per cent.

Orr was again charged with
impaired driving July 14 for oper-
ating an uninsured dirt bike while
impaired on West Saanich Road
near the Pauquachin Reserve. Orr
passed another vehicle on the
road, lost control of the bike and
crashed into a ditch.

He was treated at Saanich
Peninsula Hospital and one sam-
ple obtained, showing a blood-
alcohol reading of .17 per cent,
Ormheim said.

McKimm said Orr had been
riding dirt bikes with a friend, had
driven on the gravel side of the
toad and suffered a broken leg,
dislocated shoulder, broken wrist
and crushed foot in the accident.

On Sept. 4 at 2 am. Orr was
spotted by police operating an
unlicensed motorcycle near Jahn
Place. Failing to obey a police
order to stop, Orr sped away,
running two stop signs and turning
on to the Pat Bay Highway, Orm-
heim said.

The chase continued at speeds
of 60 to 70 miles per hour down
the highway until Orr finally
stopped. When arrested, he
showed signs of impairment, Orm-
heim said:

McKimm said Orr had been
riding a friend’s dirt bike on the
Sandown Racetrack Grounds and
tried to get away from police.

On Jan. 24 at 1:30 a.m., an
apparently intoxicated Orr entered
the 7-Eleven store on Beacon with
some friends, ordered cheesebur-
gers, chips and soft drinks and
refused to pay for the items before
leaving the store, Ormheim said.

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Man incurs multiple impaired charges

McKimm said Or agreed only
to buy a package of cigarettes for
his friends. Orr was playing a
video game while his friends
ordered the food and left the store,
leaving him the bill.

When confronted with the large
bill, Orr refused to pay and left the
store, McKimm said.

On May 15 at 12:45 am., a
bartender ordered Orr to leave
Tiller’s Pub. An angry Orr began
shouting and swearing and pushed
some glasses off the bar, breaking
one, Ormheim said.

Orr left the bar and was found
hiding in the parking lot by police.

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