A 51-year-old man who pleaded guilty to killing a young cyclist while driving drunk was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison Tuesday.
In August 2007, Remi Comeau had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his blood when he struck and killed 17-year-old Marie Helene Primeau while she was riding her bike across the Lady Aberdeen Bridge.
Comeau, who spent nine hours at a strip club earlier that day, downed a dozen drinks before getting into his vehicle, hitting several cars and running a red light before colliding with the teen.
Primeau, who was dragged for six kilometres before Comeau realized he had done anything wrong, was days away from leaving home for university at the time of the crash.
Comeau will serve five years in prison for time already spent in jail and will also lose his driver's license for seven years.
Comeau's lawyer had asked the judge for a three-year jail term for his client. The Crown, however, pointed out that Comeau had two previous drunk driving convictions and was seeking a sentence of seven to 10 years.
The Crown is now considering whether to appeal the ruling.
With a report from CTV Ottawa's Joanne Schnurr
