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A three-day sentencing hearing has been set in October for a prominent Pembroke dentist convicted of impaired and dangerous driving causing death.
Dr. Christy Natsis’s sentencing hearing will be held on Oct. 13, 14 and 15 in Pembroke. Natsis was convicted in May of impaired and dangerous driving causing the death of 50-year-old Ottawa father of three Bryan Casey in a head on crash on Hwy. 17 near Arnprior on March 31, 2011.
Natsis’s trial heard she never touched the brakes before crossing the centre line and slamming into Casey’s truck. Other drivers described seeing her black Ford Expedition speeding and swerving down the highway in the moments before the crash, while further witnesses described in court how they saw a wobbly and staggering Natsis climb behind the wheel and then back into a parked car as she left a Kanata bar and grill where she had ordered two glasses of wine.
A breath sample revealed Natsis had a blood-alcohol level nearly 2 1/2 times the legal limit shortly after the crash, although those results were not permitted into evidence because the judge found the Ontario Provincial Police violated Natsis’s Charter rights by repeatedly interrupting a call to her lawyer.
Casey also had a blood-alcohol level that was 1 1/2 times the legal limit to drive, although a judge found that Casey had taken steps to slow down and move out of the way before being struck by Natsis.
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Dr. Christy Natsis’s sentencing hearing will be held on Oct. 13, 14 and 15 in Pembroke. Natsis was convicted in May of impaired and dangerous driving causing the death of 50-year-old Ottawa father of three Bryan Casey in a head on crash on Hwy. 17 near Arnprior on March 31, 2011.
Natsis’s trial heard she never touched the brakes before crossing the centre line and slamming into Casey’s truck. Other drivers described seeing her black Ford Expedition speeding and swerving down the highway in the moments before the crash, while further witnesses described in court how they saw a wobbly and staggering Natsis climb behind the wheel and then back into a parked car as she left a Kanata bar and grill where she had ordered two glasses of wine.
A breath sample revealed Natsis had a blood-alcohol level nearly 2 1/2 times the legal limit shortly after the crash, although those results were not permitted into evidence because the judge found the Ontario Provincial Police violated Natsis’s Charter rights by repeatedly interrupting a call to her lawyer.
Casey also had a blood-alcohol level that was 1 1/2 times the legal limit to drive, although a judge found that Casey had taken steps to slow down and move out of the way before being struck by Natsis.
aseymour@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/andrew_seymour
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