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Judge Éric Simard of Quebec will return his verdict later today in the case of a provincial police officer charged with dangerous driving causing death.
Patrick Ouellet was driving an unmarked police vehicle in 2014 that killed Nicholas Thorne-Belance, five, on the South Shore of Montreal
He was chasing a suspect at the time – a politician who was doing the same thing. 39; subject to investigation as part of a surveillance operation targeting provincial corruption.
Ouellet was driving more than 100 km / h A 50 km / h zone on Gaétan-Boucher Boulevard was heard by the court
At a junction he struck a vehicle carrying two children in the back seat .
Nicholas was seriously injured and died five days later at the hospital. 19659007] At the trial of Ouellet, he testified that the crash was inevitable
However, the Crown argued that the conduct behavior of the officer was "objectively dangerous"
Convictions for dangerous driving causing death a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.
