Kenneth Jacob Fenton enters the Western Communities Courthouse on July 7, 2017. File photo.
Kenneth Jacob Fenton, the man who was sentenced to four years in prison in the death of West Shore RCMP Const. Sarah Beckett, has pleaded guilty in another drinking-driving crash that occurred a month after the Mountie’s Death.
On Monday in a Duncan courtroom, Fenton pleaded guilty to two charges including driving over .08 and causing an accident resulting in bodily harm to his girlfriend.
The charges related to a crash on May 22, 2016. On that date, police discovered a green 1997 Chevy pickup truck that had rolled over on Goldstream Heights Drive in the Malahat area. Two people were inside, including Fenton.
The crash was just over a month after Fenton rammed into Beckett’s RCMP cruiser while driving drunk and speeding, killing the mother of two.
Fenton is now serving a four-year sentence for impaired driving causing the death of Beckett in April 2016. A date for the sentencing in connection with the May 2016 collision will be set on June 12.
With files from Louise Dickson, Times Colonist
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