A $500 fine, payable by the end of April, and one year on probation were ordered for a 28-year-old Surrey man who made a plea bargain after being accused of fleeing from Prince George RCMP officers almost two years ago.
On March 19, 2024, two street crew officers conducting surveillance around Spruce Street and 17th Avenue noticed a parked white 2023 BMW X5.
They observed driver Jaspreet Toor conduct a short-duration meeting with another person who came to the car window.
“Mr. Toor drove slowly past the officers, raised his middle finger at them and accelerated out of the area,” Crown prosecutor Katie Diehl told Judge Charles Hutchinson.
Police followed Toor for a short distance and unsuccessfully tried to conduct a traffic stop.
He was eventually T-boned by another vehicle. While officers chose not to pursue him, they eventually found him at a residence where he was known to frequent.
Diehl said Toor’s “deliberate and intentional act” resulted in highly dangerous driving.
Toor was originally charged criminally with dangerous operation of a conveyance and flight from police, but pleaded guilty to wilfully resisting or obstructing a peace officer and the Motor Vehicle Act offence of driving without due care and attention.
Court heard that Toor has completed basic security training at the Justice Institute of BC and is interested in pursuing a career in security.
Diehl said Toor is a first-time criminal offender, but has 35 entries and three prior suspensions on his driving record, though mostly from a decade ago.
“I think it speaks for itself, just purely by the length of it,” Diehl said.”
Hutchinson opted for a conditional discharge rather than the suspended sentence Diehl sought. Should he successfully complete the probation, his record will not include a conviction.
“The momentary nature of the circumstance, combined with the lack of a criminal history and Mr. Toor’s expression of remorse, convince me that a conditional discharge is appropriate in the circumstance,” Hutchinson said. “Although — to say it as clearly as possible for Mr. Toor — this is as close to the line of having a suspended sentence as I think you could get and not end up with a suspended sentence.”
By Bob Mackin, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Original Published on Mar 20, 2026 at 12:03
Recent Comments