The COVID-19 crisis is not a “get-out-of-jail-free card” for inmates to be released from prison, a B.C. judge has ruled. In an April 17 decision, Judge Gregory Brown denied the release on bail of a man charged with fleeing from police in Abbotsford last month.
David Sean Anderson, 36, faces multiple charges after allegedly travelling at speeds of up to 200 km/h, running over a spike belt set up by police to stop him, and driving away on flat tires.
During a teleconference hearing on April 8, defence asked the court to consider “an innovative release plan” for Anderson due to the novel coronavirus pandemic that would include a cash deposit and 24-hour house arrest at his girlfriend’s home in Langley. [ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter