METRO VANCOUVER – The man accused of criminal negligence causing death and obstruction of justice in connection with the hang-gliding death of a B.C. woman has pleaded not guilty.
Pilot William Orders made the plea at an arraignment hearing in a Chilliwack court today.
Orders’ lawyer Jeff Campbell told reporters outside the court that it was a complicated, serious case and difficult for everyone involved.
He’s charged in the death of 27-year-old Lenami Godinez-Avila, who fell about 300 meters moments after taking off from a mountain top on a glider that Orders was piloting.
Orders was charged with obstruction for allegedly swallowing the memory card from his camera after the woman fell.
Campbell says he was only recently retained to represent Orders and will be preparing for his trial set for Oct. 13.
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