Alexandre Romero-Arata

• Driver in B.C. hit and run sentenced in unrelated sexual assault of a minor

  A man behind bars for a high-profile hit and run that left a 24-year-old dead has been sentenced to three more years in jail in an unrelated case.

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  Jun 19
  
• Hit-and-run killer should spend 4 years in prison for sex assault on teen, B.C. court hears

  Crown prosecutor Joseph Marin told the sentencing hearing he had assaulted the victim three times, the final of which involved choking and slapping on the face and breasts.

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  Jun 18
  
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• Lawyer changes caused delays in deadly B.C. hit-and-run case

  Alexandre Romero-Arata changed his lawyer and sought new representation five times as he faced prosecution in a deadly hit-and-run and a sex assault.

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  Dec 23, 2024
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• ‘Russian roulette’: Driver in deadly Vancouver hit and run handed 5-year prison sentence

  With credit for time served, Alexandre Romero-Arata, 28, will serve an additional two years and six months for the crash that killed a young Irish man.

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  Dec 20, 2024
• Deadly Vancouver hit-and-run driver should serve 2-3 years, defence says

  Alexandre Romero-Arata, 27, has pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death in the June 19, 2022, collision in Kitsilano that left Eoghan Byrne dead.

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  Dec 16, 2024
• ‘I ain’t stopping for no red light,’ said B.C. hit-and-run driver before deadly crash

  Alexandre Romero-Arata has pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death in the June 19, 2022 collision in Kitsilano that left 24-year-old Irish national Eoghan Byrne dead.

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  Oct 4, 2024
• Man behind the wheel in deadly Vancouver hit and run also convicted of sex assault

  A Vancouver man has pleaded guilty in a deadly hit-and-run in Kitsilano in 2022. The plea was kept from the public for more than two weeks while he was tried for sex assault.

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  Dec 19, 2023