The Crown says a Calgary man who pleaded guilty to causing a crash that killed a nine-year-old girl in 2024 should serve between 9 1/2 and 10 1/2 years in prison.
Duane Nepoose has admitted to dangerous driving causing death, dangerous driving causing bodily harm, robbery and fleeing a police officer in the 2024 crash.
Court heard Nepoose stole a minivan and, as he was speeding through traffic, ran a red light and caused the crash that left Victoria Desjardins dead.
The nine-year-old died in hospital after the crash on Dec. 26, 2024.
During sentencing arguments Wednesday, prosecutor Todd Buziak pointed to psychiatric reports that described Nepoose as a high risk to violently offend again.
Several members of Desjardin’s family were in the courtroom for the hearing and 13 victim impact statements were to be read into the record.