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A drunk driver who ran a stop sign and killed an Ottawa grandmother has been sentenced to four years and nine months in prison.
Wissam Outifrakh had a blood-alcohol level at least twice the legal limit when he slammed into a car carrying Janet Clermont at the corner of Innes Road and Dunning Road in rural east Ottawa at 7:40 a.m. on March 10, 2013.
Outifrakh had just spent the night at the Lac Leamy Casino. Clermont was coming home from work.
Witnesses said they saw his car approaching the intersection at too high a speed to be able to make a stop. Outifrakh made no attempt to steer or brake.
By the time police arrived, Clermont was already dead.
Samples of Outifrakh’s blood taken from hospital about an hour and a half after the crash showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 203 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Read back to the time of the collision, Outifrakh’s blood-alcohol level was as high as 230 mg of alcohol for every 100 mL of blood. The legal limit to drive is 80.
Following the crash, Outifrakh was released on bail with conditions to abstain from alcohol but still kept drinking. An electronic monitoring bracelet that monitored his perspiration for alcohol revealed that he consumed enough on Christmas Eve to achieve a blood-alcohol level of 73 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood.
On Friday, Ontario Court Justice Ann Alder sent the 25-year-old Outifrakh to prison after he pleaded guilty in December to impaired driving causing death and breaching his bail conditions by consuming alcohol in July. Alder sentenced him to four years and nine months in the penitentiary, but with credit for time served, Outifrakh has 3 1/2 years of his sentence left to serve. He was also banned from driving for 12 years.
It was Outifrakh’s first criminal conviction, but he had already piled up five convictions and 10 demerit points under the Highway Traffic Act.
Those included driving 129 km/h in an 80 km/h zone, driving left of the centre line and striking another car and driving with a handheld device. He also had two other speeding tickets.
The deadly crash devastated the family of the 54-year-old Clermont, whom the judge described as “a very special person.”
In victim-impact statements, Clermont’s husband described his “immeasurable loss.” Clermont’s broken-hearted sister spoke of how she never had a chance to say goodbye.
Clermont’s daughter described her sleepless nights, and a nightmare that will never end. Clermont’s 11-year-old grandson “speaks of feeling really sad, realizing he will not see his grandmother again, that she will not be there for his soccer games, birthdays or other occasions,” the judge said.
“He speaks of how sad his brothers are; how sad everyone is.”
Outifrakh, an aspiring musician and high-school dropout, apologized to the family in court during his sentencing hearing in July.
He told them the hardest part was waking up and knowing he took a life. Outifrakh said he has learned a lot and will do what he can to inform others of the consequences of drinking and driving when he’s released from prison, according to the judge.
“For decades, the courts have made observations and comment about the carnage, pain and suffering, caused by drunk drivers. Yet, people continue to drink and drive and to kill; causing immeasurable pain and suffering to those whose lives are forever affected by their selfish decisions,” the judge said.
“Mr. Outifrakh chose to drive while impaired that morning without consideration of the fact he was endangering the lives of others,” the judge said. “As the Crown submitted, anyone over the age of 10 knows that drunk driving kills, and when someone drives drunk they are ignoring the reality, choosing not to care and demonstrating a complete disregard for the safety of others.”
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Wissam Outifrakh had a blood-alcohol level at least twice the legal limit when he slammed into a car carrying Janet Clermont at the corner of Innes Road and Dunning Road in rural east Ottawa at 7:40 a.m. on March 10, 2013.
Outifrakh had just spent the night at the Lac Leamy Casino. Clermont was coming home from work.
Witnesses said they saw his car approaching the intersection at too high a speed to be able to make a stop. Outifrakh made no attempt to steer or brake.
By the time police arrived, Clermont was already dead.
Samples of Outifrakh’s blood taken from hospital about an hour and a half after the crash showed he had a blood-alcohol level of 203 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. Read back to the time of the collision, Outifrakh’s blood-alcohol level was as high as 230 mg of alcohol for every 100 mL of blood. The legal limit to drive is 80.
Following the crash, Outifrakh was released on bail with conditions to abstain from alcohol but still kept drinking. An electronic monitoring bracelet that monitored his perspiration for alcohol revealed that he consumed enough on Christmas Eve to achieve a blood-alcohol level of 73 milligrams per 100 millilitres of blood.
On Friday, Ontario Court Justice Ann Alder sent the 25-year-old Outifrakh to prison after he pleaded guilty in December to impaired driving causing death and breaching his bail conditions by consuming alcohol in July. Alder sentenced him to four years and nine months in the penitentiary, but with credit for time served, Outifrakh has 3 1/2 years of his sentence left to serve. He was also banned from driving for 12 years.
It was Outifrakh’s first criminal conviction, but he had already piled up five convictions and 10 demerit points under the Highway Traffic Act.
Those included driving 129 km/h in an 80 km/h zone, driving left of the centre line and striking another car and driving with a handheld device. He also had two other speeding tickets.
The deadly crash devastated the family of the 54-year-old Clermont, whom the judge described as “a very special person.”
In victim-impact statements, Clermont’s husband described his “immeasurable loss.” Clermont’s broken-hearted sister spoke of how she never had a chance to say goodbye.
Clermont’s daughter described her sleepless nights, and a nightmare that will never end. Clermont’s 11-year-old grandson “speaks of feeling really sad, realizing he will not see his grandmother again, that she will not be there for his soccer games, birthdays or other occasions,” the judge said.
“He speaks of how sad his brothers are; how sad everyone is.”
Outifrakh, an aspiring musician and high-school dropout, apologized to the family in court during his sentencing hearing in July.
He told them the hardest part was waking up and knowing he took a life. Outifrakh said he has learned a lot and will do what he can to inform others of the consequences of drinking and driving when he’s released from prison, according to the judge.
“For decades, the courts have made observations and comment about the carnage, pain and suffering, caused by drunk drivers. Yet, people continue to drink and drive and to kill; causing immeasurable pain and suffering to those whose lives are forever affected by their selfish decisions,” the judge said.
“Mr. Outifrakh chose to drive while impaired that morning without consideration of the fact he was endangering the lives of others,” the judge said. “As the Crown submitted, anyone over the age of 10 knows that drunk driving kills, and when someone drives drunk they are ignoring the reality, choosing not to care and demonstrating a complete disregard for the safety of others.”
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/andrew_seymour
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