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       Trevor Hosie sentenced in impaired driving death of Rosemary Lopetrone
        
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       Trevor Hosie, 36, told the court he didn't know the marijuana he
       consumed on May 6, 2023 was laced with a potent opioid.
        
       "Sadly, this tragedy is the predictable outcome of the series of
       decisions made by Mr. Hosie on May 6, 2023," Justice Christopher
       Uwagboe wrote in his sentence decision.
        
       Even though he felt "unwell," Hosie admitted to getting behind the
       wheel of his mother's Jeep Cherokee and drove along County Road 22.
        
       At approximately 2 p.m. in the afternoon, witnesses told police the
       Jeep was being driven erratically, "weaving in traffic," and the
       driver appeared to be falling asleep.
        
       Hosie admitted he wanted to pull over "to be sick."
        
       "Regrettably that is not the decision that Mr. Hosie followed through
       with. Instead, he decided to continue driving," Uwagboe wrote. "This
       decision, the last in a series of unfortunate and criminal decisions
       by Mr. Hosie, resulted in him crossing the centre line and causing the
       collision, killing Mrs. Lopetrone."
        
       The head-on collision occurred on County Road 22 near Wallace Line.
        
       Rosemary Lopetrone, a 70 year old "cornerstone of her family" died in
       hospital.
        
       Through 20 victim impact statements, Uwagboe learned about the "legacy
       of resilience, kindness, empathy, strength, thoughtfulness, generosity
       and love" that Lopetrone left behind.
        
       "Some even entertained the thought of a path to forgiveness for the
       conduct of Mr. Hosie which is no doubt a testament to the kind-
       heartedness of the person that Mr. Hosie has taken," Uwagboe said.
        
       Hosie has been in custody ever since the collision and pleaded guilty
       to one count of impaired driving causing death and one count of
       failing or refusing to provide a sample.
        
       Defence lawyer Neil Rooke, seen on May 7, 2024, represented Trevor
       Hosie in an impaired driving causing death charge. (Michelle
       Maluske/CTV News Windsor) Court heard in the moments after the
       collision, Hosie "appeared dazed and has pinhole sized pupils." He
       also was falling asleep just before the field sobriety test.
        
       When police read him the demand for a urine sample, Hosie refused.
        
       A blood test would reveal 1.7ng/ml of fentanyl in his sample, six-and-
       a-half hours after the collision; a concentration the judge described
       as "considerable."
        
       "1.7 nanograms is considerable in that it can cause the death of a
       person who is a non user of fentanyl," defence lawyer Neil Rooke told
       CTV News Windsor. "Trevor had indicated from the start that when he
       attended at his friend's residence, he believed he was consuming and
       ingesting marijuana."
        
       Rooke said Hosie wanted to plead guilty for his actions from the
       moment he was arrested.
        
       "For him to have engaged in this sort of behavior and caused the loss
       he did is something he'll carry with him for the rest of his life. As
       he should," Rooke said.
        
       The judge gave Hosie credit for showing "genuine remorse" and for
       pleading guilty, thereby saving the court and the Lopetrone family
       "the pain and emotional stress of a trial."
        
       However, Uwagboe was critical of Hosie for being "misleading" in his
       pre-sentence report, his previous criminal record with 12 convictions,
       the fact he was only a G2 driver at the time of the collision, his
       efforts to hide his intoxication and moral blameworthiness.
        
       "The message is not getting through," Uwagboe said. "The community
       cannot become desensitized to the carnage caused by impaired driving."
        
       On the day Hosie pleaded guilty, Dec. 29. 2023, Uwagboe said there
       were three other impaired driving cases before the court.
        
       "The potential for death with impaired driving is high and
       predictable," the judge wrote.
        
       Hosie was sentenced on April 15 to six-and-a-half years in prison
       (less 518 days in pre-sentence custody), a 10-year ban on driving and
       he must provide a DNA sample to the national databank.
        
       "I sincerely hope that you take this time to reflect on your conduct
       and address your relationship with substances and their impact on your
       offending behaviour," the judge concluded.
        
        
        
        
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