SASKATOON – A mother from the Canoe Lake First Nation is devastated after the man she believes struck and killed her daughter avoided jail after being sentenced for a charge of mischief on Wednesday.
Leslie Kennedy says her 28-year-old daughter Candace Opekokew was walking outside of the Tropical Inn in Lloydminster, Alta. last May when she was run over.
Kennedy claims Jason Campbell lied to police right after the incident saying he wasn’t the one who hit her, he then left the scene in a taxi without being breathalyzed.
Lloydminster RCMP say he was originally charged with five offences including impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death but the only one that stuck was a charge of mischief.
Campbell was sentenced to a nine-month conditional sentence order – five months will be spent under house arrest and the remaining four under a curfew.
He will then serve a one-year probation.
He was also ordered to pay $2,000 into a scholarship fund set up for Candace.
Kennedy was in court for the sentencing.
“I was obviously disappointed but I had to prepare myself for the worst,” said Kennedy.
“I’m frustrated, I’m angry, I’m disappointed I’m feeling everything, my daughter meant a lot to a lot of people.”
Kennedy filed a complaint with Mounties and received a letter in December saying an investigation was continuing.
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