Drunk driving ==
Offences net %
fines, jail time

By Anna Marie D’Angelo
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Tonderys, 39, of Surrey,
blew blood-alcohol samples
of .19 and .20.

MARK Charles
Corner was fined
$500 in 1992 for
impaired driving in
West Vancouver.

On Monday, Corner
pleaded guilty to another
drinking driving offence in
West Vancouver. .

West Vancouver provin-
cial court Judge Reginald
Grandison sent Corner to jail

for five days for his third -

drinking and driving convic-
tion.
The 45-year-old Burnaby

man was also fined $500 and
had his licence suspended for -

12 months.

“The consequences
should have been sufficient
to convince you you can’t
‘drink and = diive,” . said

“ As he stepped
out of the van,
a quarter full
bottle of Silent
Sam vodka fell -

out. ”

~~ Crown lawyer
Dan Multigan

Grandison. ;

Crown lawyer Dan
Mulligan said Corner’s first
drinking and driving convic-
tion occurred in 1978 when
he was sentenced for
impaired driving.

His latest drinking and
driving charge stemmed
from a Sept. 1 incident at a
roadblock in the 6300-block

of . the Trans-Canada_

Highway.

Corer’s _ breathalyser
sample registered a blood-
alcohol level of .19.

The amount is more than
twice the legal limit. -

Said Corner’s lawyer
Myron Barr, “He does admit
that he has a drinking prob-
lem.”

“Corner told the judge he
has attended ~— weekly
Alcoholics Anonymous
meetings since September.

Another accused man
who pleaded guilty on
Monday to a drinking and
driving charge told the
judge, “Well, what can I say,
T got caught drunk.”

Stanislaw Tonderys spoke
through a Polish interpreter.

He told the judge he was
not an alcoholic and had not
drunk any alcohol this
month.

Crown lawyer Mulligan
said Tonderys was spotted
on Oct. 6 by “civilians” who
reported that a van was
weaving erratically over,
white lines on the Trans
Canada Highway and on the
15th Street exit.

The West Vancouver
Police pulled the van over in
the 600-block of Marine
Drive.

“As he stepped out of the
van, a quarter full bottle of
Silent Sam vodka fell out,”
said the Crown lawyer.

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Tonderys did not have a
lawyer.

He said he had been
working on the Sunshine
Coast installing hardwood
flooring.

He said he drank in
Sechelt before boarding the
ferry on the way home to
Surrey.

Tonderys did not have a
criminal record.

The judge fined him

“$500 and suspended his

licence for 12 months.
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