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TRUCKER'S DEATH * USA - Court extends street racers' sentence in trucker's death
Toronto,ONT,CAN -Today's Trucking -19 Jan 2009: -- A 20-year-old who admitted to "murdering" a truck driver as a result of a deadly street race should have been sent to jail instead of receiving a conditional sentence, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled... Nauman Nusrat was sentenced to house arrest (after time served) for two years and was given a lifetime ban on driving by Ontario Court Judge Gregory Regis. The Crown, however, appealed that decision and won... In its latest ruling, the Ontario Court of Appeal substituted a penitentiary sentence of 2.5 years in place of Regis' sentence. However, Appeals Court Judge Gloria Epstein there would be little point sending Nusrat back to jail since he would only serve a few more months... However, the new sentence sets a benchmark for cases of two other racers involved in the incident that day...
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