No charges for Mountie pursuing truck that killed Cst. Sarah Beckett

A Mountie who was pursuing the pickup truck that killed Westshore RCMP Cst. Sarah Beckett will not be facing any charges for his actions.

The decision followed a report from the Independent Investigations Office (IIO), B.C.’s civilian police watchdog.

An IIO investigation of the incident determined the pursuing officer may have committed an offence, and the watchdog submitted a report to Crown in February. The IIO does not make recommendations about charges.

But according to the Crown in a statement released today, the available evidence does not support a “substantial likelihood of conviction” of the officer.

The Crown said he could have been charged with Dangerous Driving, Dangerous Driving Causing Death, and Obstruction of Justice — citing evidence from a witness that contradicted the officer’s claim he turned off his emergency lights before the crash.

Prosecutors said that discrepancy appears to be an “error in judgment or recollection,” not an attempt to obstruct the investigation.

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The Westshore RCMP officer, who has not been named, was attempting to stop 28-year-old Kenneth Jacob Fenton’s truck in Langford in the early hours of April 5, 2016.

Shortly after the officer attempted to pull the truck over, Fenton smashed into Beckett’s marked police cruiser in an intersection at an estimated speed of up to 90 km/h.

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The young mother of two, who had just returned from maternity leave, died of injuries sustained in that collision.

A test later revealed Fenton had a blood-alcohol level more than three times the legal limit.

Fenton pleaded guilty to impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death last month, and was sentenced to four years in prison on Friday.