Her third similar offence in 21 years!
She's been charged with impaired 3 times in 21 years. I wonder how many times she's driven drunk over that time period. Some people never learn!The widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been spared jail for her third impaired driving offence in two decades.
Renata Ford rubbed a parked car as she pulled into an LCBO parking lot at Humbertown plaza, on The Kingsway, on Dec. 28, 2016, nine months after her husband’s death. She left her vehicle and tried to buy a bottle of wine, but was refused service.
She registered blood alcohol readings of double the legal limit two hours after police smelled alcohol on her breath at 5:30 p.m., court heard.
Ford, 47, pleaded guilty to impaired driving, and her lawyer, Dennis Morris, urged Justice Ted Kelly on Wednesday to not send the single mom to jail, despite this being her third similar offence in 21 years.
Morris said she is living solely on her husband’s City Hall pension but is now sober and healthy.
Kelly gave Ford a suspended sentence, three years’ probation, a two-year driving prohibition, and 100 hours of community service, and ordered her to have an interlock device on every car in her name. She was also fined $1,100 and given a year to pay.
The prosecution wanted a 45-day jail term and Ford prohibited from driving for one to three years.
Morris said the sentence “was an excellent result and a just and fit outcome.”
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