Bryant Case Put Over
Posted October 19, 2009 7:00 am.
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A former Ontario cabinet minister charged following the death of a cyclist wasn’t in court Monday for a routine proceeding regarding the highly-publicized case.
The case involving Michael Bryant was put over until Nov. 16 when criminal charges against the former provincial attorney general will be heard in a Toronto court.
Bryant, 43, is charged with criminal negligence causing death and dangerous operation of a vehicle causing death in connection with the death of a cyclist.
Darcy Allan Sheppard, 33, was killed on August 31.
“We’re anxious to move this matter forward and to proceed to trial as soon as reasonably possible,” Bryant’s lawyer, Marie Henein, said Monday.
Officers allege that Bryant and Sheppard had a minor altercation after a possible collision. The cyclist then apparently approached the driver and grabbed onto the vehicle, a Saab convertible with its roof down.
Bryant allegedly began to drive away with the cyclist still clinging to the side of his car.
Sheppard fell off some distance later and may have been run over.
He was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, but succumbed to his wounds.
The Ontario government has hired top Vancouver criminal lawyer Richard Peck to prosecute the case.
With files from the Canadian Press.
