Pembroke dentist Dr. Christy Natsis has been granted bail as she awaits a date on the appeal of her convictions for impaired driving and dangerous driving causing death.
The Ontario Court of Appeal has granted Natsis bail. Before being released, she will complete a 40-day jail term for breaching bail conditions.
Natsis had been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of impaired driving causing death and dangerous driving causing death in the 2011 crash that claimed the life of Bryan Casey.
Natsis was also given a four year driving ban and will be required to give a DNA sample.
Casey, a father of three, was killed when the SUV Natsis was driving slammed head-on into his truck on Highway 17 in March 2011.
While delivering the verdict in May, Justice Neil Kozloff said he found Natsis was impaired when she hit a parked vehicle in a Kanata parking lot and minutes later when she crashed into Casey’s SUV.
The appeal is expected to centre around the argument that the trial judge made legal mistakes leading up to finding her guilty.
No date has been given for the appeal.
