OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal in the case of a deadly British Columbia ferry sinking in 2006. The justices have dismissed Karl-Heinz Arthur Lilgert’s request to appeal his convictions on two counts of criminal negligence causing death.
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Lilgert was the officer of the watch in charge of navigation on the ferry Queen of the North when it ran aground and sank off Gil Island during a voyage to Port Hardy from Prince Rupert.
Two passengers, Gerald Foisy and Shirley Rosette, died in the sinking.
Lilgert was convicted in 2013 and sentenced to four years.
As usual, the justices gave no reasons for not hearing the appeal.
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