By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

Sentencing hearing set for Dustin Zinter nearly 3 years after fatal Cedar crash

Aug 27, 2018 | 3:37 PM

NANAIMO — It will be more than two months before a man found guilty of dangerous driving causing death will learn how long he’ll remain in jail.

The sentencing hearing for Dustin Dennis Zinter, 41, was scheduled for Oct.1 during a session in BC Supreme Court in Nanaimo on Monday.

He was found guilty of dangerous driving causing death, leaving the scene of the accident and failing to provide a breath sample after fatally crashing into 51-year-old Heidi Plato on a Cedar road in November 2015.

The Crown has requested a prison sentence of six years.

The Oct. 1 date was set so far in the future due to the schedule of the Honourable Justice Robin Baird, who’s overseeing the matter.

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Zinter will remain in custody until the sentencing date.

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