A drunk driver who killed a Calgary woman and badly injured her disabled son when he plowed into them on a sidewalk has been sentenced to five years in jail.
Darren Coupal has also been banned from driving for 10 years.
Linda Davey, who was 43, was walking with her teenage son, who has cerebral palsy, when they were mowed down in April 2008.
A 30-year-old friend who was with them was also injured.
Coupal pleaded guilty late last year to five charges that included impaired driving causing death and hit and run. He should have gotten an automatic life sentence for the death of Linda Davey plus five years each for the injuries of her friend and son. The sentence should have been a total of thirty years.
Court heard he was on his way home that night after drinking at a pub. He wasn't smart enough to call a cab or have a sober buddy drive him home. No that would have made way too much sense.
Until the government of Canada finally recognizes the fact that a death at the hands of a drunk driver is murder. Another weekend will roll by and the news first thing Monday morning will highlight the carnage and death tolls on the streets and highways all over again.
A husband, or in this case a mother and son, will not be comming home again. Sad that in this case Coupal is a habitual offender. Yet he still received only 5 years. Meanwhile the husband of Linda Davey is looking at a life sentence without his wife.
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