Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Drunk Driver Gets 10 Years For Mowing Down Woman In East End

Raymond Lévèsque, 60, already had seven drunk-driving convictions under his belt when the car he was driving struck and killed 23-year-old Karine Méthot outside her parents' home in Pointe aux Trembles. Photograph by: Courtesy Montreal police, The Gazette

From The Montreal Gazette:

MONTREAL – Raymond Lévèsque had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his blood and seven drunk-driving convictions under his belt when he killed 23-year-old Karine Méthot as she was about to get into a car parked outside her parents’ home in Pointe aux Trembles.

On Monday, a Quebec Court judge sentenced the 60-year-old to 10 years in jail, but once credited with time already served, Lévèsque has only 5 1⁄2 years left in his sentence.

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More News On This Drunk Driving/Manslaughter Conviction

10-year sentence for Montreal drunk driver -- CBC
Repeat drunk driver gets 10 years for killing woman -- CTV
Repeat drunk driver gets 10 years in prison -- CJAD

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