CALGARY — A Calgary man who killed his daughter and seriously injured her best friend in a drunk-driving crash is appealing his conviction and sentence.
Michael Shaun Bomford was found guilty last January of dangerous driving causing death and bodily harm, as well as causing the 2016 crash while impaired.
He was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison.
Bomford has filed an appeal that claims the sentence was excessive and unreasonable in the circumstances.
He also suggests the trial judge erred by ruling hearsay text messages admissible at trial.
Bomford is serving his sentence at the Drumheller Institution in Alberta.
Court heard Bomford had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system when he took his 17-year-old daughter, Meghan, and her friend, Kelsey Nelson, to get police checks so that they could become junior ringette coaches.
His daughter did not survive the crash, while Nelson suffered a severe brain injury and has no recollection of it.
Bomford's trial heard that he lost control of his Jeep while driving 112 km/h in an 80 km/h zone. The Jeep rolled into the median and all three occupants were thrown out of the vehicle. (CTV Calgary)
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 21, 2020.
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