Crown Appeals Penalties In Death Of Cab Driver
Posted July 11, 2008 12:00 pm.
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Tahir Khan, a 46-year-old cab driver, was killed on Mount Pleasant Blvd in January of 2006.
More than two years later, the two men convicted in his death are once again back in court.
Wang-Piao Dumani Ross and Alexander Ryazanov pled guilty to dangerous driving causing death, and were sentenced to house arrest.
“You killed a guy…what is that, nothing, you know,” wondered Mohammad Alam, a friend of Khan’s.
On Friday, they were back at Osgoode Hall as the Crown appealed their conditional sentence.
The Crown wants them to serve three years in prison, with no chance of getting behind the wheel for eight years.
The 20-year-olds were driving their families’ Mercedes Benz sports cars at a high rate of speed just as Tahir Khan was attempting to make a left turn. One of the vehicles T-boned the Khan’s cab, leaving him dead at the scene.
However, the word “streetracing” was not included in the agreed statement of facts at the original trial. If it had been, the two would automatically have a harsher sentence.
In the end, the judge reserved his decision.
Khan’s family is launching its own civil suit.
“First of all, we have to see if the appeal will be accepted or ejected,” Alam explained.
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It’s the day those with a need for speed and a hot engine have long dreaded. But that same day is one that victims or street racers have been praying for.
It’s here for both, now that the federal government has officially tabled its bill, which attempts to makes the practice of racing down the roads a part of the Criminal Code.
What exactly do the new rules propose? Here’s a look at the range of charges offenders face now and if the law is passed:
Dangerous Driving – No bodily harm or death:
Now: Summary conviction or imprisonment up to five years
After: the same
(A summary conviction is reserved for the least serious offences in the Criminal Code. In general, it means a fine of up to $2,000 or six months in jail – or both.)
Dangerous Driving causing Bodily Harm
Now: Up to 10 years in prison
After: Up to 14 years in prison
Dangerous Driving causing Death:
Now: Up to 14 years in prison.
After: Potential for lifetime imprisonment
Criminal Negligence causing Bodily Harm:
Now: Up to 10 years in prison.
After: Up to 14 years in prison.
Criminal Negligence causing Death:
Now: Maximum punishment of life in prison
After: same.
What happens to your license if you get caught? Here’s the rundown:
First Street Racing Conviction
Dangerous Driving – No Bodily Harm or Death: 1 to 3 years
Dangerous Driving causing Bodily Harm: 1 to 10 years
Dangerous Driving causing Death: 1 to 10 years
Criminal Negligence causing Bodily Harm: 1 to 10 years
Criminal Negligence causing Death: 1 year to life
Second Street Racing Conviction:
Dangerous Driving – No Bodily Harm or Death: 2 to 5 years
Dangerous Driving causing Bodily Harm: 2 to 10 years
Dangerous Driving causing Death: Lifetime ban
(Applies only if an offender has two convictions where someone was injured or killed as a result of street racing, and at least one of these offences caused a death .)
Criminal Negligence causing Bodily Harm: 2 to 10 years
Criminal Negligence causing Death: Lifetime ban
(Applies only if an offender has two convictions where someone was injured or killed as a result of street racing, and at least one of these offences caused a death .)
All subsequent street racing convictions:
Dangerous Driving – No Bodily Harm or Death: 3 years to life
Dangerous Driving causing Bodily Harm: 3 years to life.
Dangerous Driving causing Death: Lifetime ban
(Applies only if an offender has three or more convictions where someone was injured or killed as a result of street racing, and at least one of these offences caused a death .)
Criminal Negligence causing Bodily Harm: 3 years to life
Criminal Negligence causing Death: Lifetime ban
(Applies only if an offender has three or more convictions where someone was injured or killed as a result of street racing, and at least one of these offences caused a death .)
Source: Ministry of Justice
