Jan 14, 2025
Under questioning by judge, safety officer said she had no knowledge of the Charter
A judge has dismissed comments a Manitoba woman made during her arrest about consuming alcohol before hitting her boyfriend with a school bus because her Charter rights were breached.
The woman told a First Nations safety officer and RCMP in Garden Hill First Nation, in northeastern Manitoba, that she accidentally hit her boyfriend during an attempt to steer the bus away to prevent him from trying to drive while intoxicated on June 26, 2023.
She was charged with impaired driving causing bodily harm, criminal negligence causing bodily harm and dangerous operation of a vehicle causing bodily harm.