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‘Incomprehensible tragedy’ nets sixmonth jail term Valerie Brook’s family wants Donald Isadore off city streets By Tim Petruk
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A Kamloops man who has been arrested driving while prohibited five times in the last three years — including when he fatally struck a pedestrian on Victoria Street in 2012 — has a “wilful disregard” for the law and will spend the next six months behind bars. Donald Charles Isadore was sentenced on three charges — one of failing to yield to a pedestrian and two for driving while prohibited — in Kamloops provincial court on Monday, July 21. “He showed a complete and relentless disregard for the law and court orders,” Kamloops provincial court Judge Stella Frame said in delivering her sentence. Isadore, 64, was charged with failing to yield to a pedestrian after Valerie Brook was struck and killed in the crosswalk at Sixth Avenue and Victoria Street on Nov. 21, 2012. Brook, 66, was walking across Victoria Street on a green light while Isadore was turning left from Sixth Avenue toward Lake City Casino. In delivering her sentence, Frame called Brook’s death “an incomprehensible tragedy.” At the time of the fatal crash, Isadore, who has never held a valid permanent driver’s licence but has a record of driving prohibitions dating back to 1986, was bound by multiple
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driving prohibitions and suspensions. He had been sentenced less than three weeks earlier to a 30-day jail term and fined $500, in addition to a two-year driving ban, for a separate driving-while-prohibited conviction. That jail sentence was being served on weekends. “At the end of the day, I’m not sure it will fix anything because nothing’s going to bring my mom back,” Loralie Loewen, Brook’s daughter, told court prior to sentencing. “Our family is left completely heartbroken. My mom is somebody who had a really caring heart. “She raised us with good values and she’s been taken from us by someone who just doesn’t respect the law.” At trial earlier this year, court heard Brook was thrown between 22 feet and 31 feet when struck by Isadore’s vehicle. An RCMP forensic collision reconstructionist said there were no signs of braking prior to impact. In his own defence, Isadore blamed rainy conditions and darkness. Frame nonetheless found him guilty of failing to yield to a pedestrian. Isadore also pleaded guilty to two additional counts of driving while prohibited stemming from incidents in the weeks after Brook’s death.
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