Provincial Court of Nova Scotia Citation: R. v. Matthews , 2014 NSPC 85 Date: 2014-08-07 Docket: 2637411 2637412 Registry: Amherst Between: Her Majesty the Queen v. William Kenneth Charles Matthews Decision on SENTENCING Judge: The Honourable Judge Paul B.

Scovil Heard: May 21, 2014, June 3, 2014, June 13, 2014 & July 21, 2014 in Amherst, Nova Scotia Oral Decision: Written Decision: August 7, 2014 October 27, 2014 Charges: That he on or about the 4 th day of July, 2013 at or near Springhill, Nova Scotia, did while operating a motor vehicle and being pursued by a peace officer operating a motor vehicle, did in order to evade the peace officer fail without lawful excuse to stop AND FURTHERMORE that he on or about the 4 th day of July, 2013 at or near Springhill, Nova Scotia, did operate a motor vehicle on a street to wit: Church Street in Springhill, Nova Scotia, in a manner that was dangerous to the public, AND FURTHERMORE that he on or about the 4 th day of July, 2013 at or near Church Street, Springhill, Nova Scotia, did unlawfully commit the offence of driving a motor vehicle while his license or privilege of obtaining a license was revoked Counsel: Mr.

Bruce Baxter, for the Crown Mr. Jim O’Neil, for the Defence By the Court: [ 1 ] In relation to this, I did hear the trial. Those facts are fresh in my mind. There’s a joint recommendation that’s well within what one would consider given his record and given the circumstances. Each of the 249 charges will have a two month period of custody, concurrent to each other, but consecutive to anything else that he might be serving, for a total of two months. On the 249(1), there will also be a one year prohibition of driving a motor vehicle. In relation to the 287 of the Motor Vehicle Act , the minimum fine is $1,262.41.

I’ll give him two years to pay that. The minimum default will be deemed. Paul B. Scovil, JPC.