Shawn Tinning’s sentencing hearing | CTV News [Video]

Colleen Slota was on her way home from work on April 19 of 2023 when she was struck and killed by a speeding stolen pickup truck that was trying to evade police officers near the intersection of Thompson Road and Adelaide Street South.

The driver of the stolen vehicle, Shawn Tinning, fled the scene but was later apprehended.

Earlier this year, the 39-year-old Tinning pleaded guilty to criminal negligence causing death and leaving the scene of a collision.

At his sentencing hearing Friday in London, he expressed his remorse, ”I feel guilty for taking someone’s family away from them…I’m just sorry for everything.”

The court heard that Tinning has spent most of his adult life in and out of jail with a lengthy criminal record, which is seven pages long.

Outside the courthouse, Slota’s niece Natasha Newby said her death has devastated family and friends, “It’s really difficult to accept …