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Weekend, August 5-7, 2011 www.metronews.ca News worth sharing.
‘A huge hole in my world’ Tobin had no previous criminal record but several driving violations
He is expected to make a statement Friday STEVE COLLINS/FOR METRO
STEVE COLLINS
OTTAWA@METRONEWS.CA
The sister of Alex Zolpis said she still wakes up in tears and relies on a prescription to sleep since her brother was killed last Christmas Eve. “There will always be a huge hole in my world where Alex should be,” Meaghan Zolpis said in her victim impact statement yesterday at the sentencing hearing of Jack Tobin. Tobin, son of former Newfoundland premier Brian Tobin, pleaded guilty in May to impaired driving causing death. On Dec. 24, according to an agreed statement of facts, Tobin, Zolpis and other friends had been drinking when they got into Tobin’s truck. He drove to the roof of a parking garage and began doing “doughnuts.” Zolpis fell out of the truck and was pinned underneath. Tobin’s lawyer, Norman Boxall, said he is seeking a sentence of 18 to 30 months, citing his client’s remorse and immediate willingness to plead guilty. Crown prosecutor Mark Moors recommended five years
“The media coverage is significant, less because of what occurred than because of who his father is.” NORMAN BOXALL, JACK TOBIN’S LAWYER
in prison and a 10-year driving ban. Previous incidents, like another round of parking-lot horseplay in which a friend fell off Tobin’s vehicle, should have served as a “wakeup call,” Moors said. The court also heard a victim impact statement from Zolpis’ mother, Susan Morgan, who said she has been “living every parent’s nightmare” since her son’s death. “Our sorrow at his loss is endless,” Morgan said. “It was such a violent and unexpected death.” Morgan said she is a pediatrician who sees children daily as part of her job. Their youthful faces make “every day at work ... a struggle in grief,” she said. Sister Meaghan said she had to feed her grief-stricken parents as they sat in stunned silence on Christmas Day. She said she is filled with guilt and regret.
Jack Tobin, right, leaves the Ottawa courthouse on Thursday, followed by his father, Brian Tobin.
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