A Manitoba man whose daughter was killed in a car crash caused by an off-duty policeman says the officer received a lighter sentence than people who kill animals.
Sveinn Sveinson told a public inquiry the justice system failed him and his relatives.
Sveinson's daughter, Crystal Taman, was rear-ended at a traffic light by Derek Harvey-Zenk, who had been out all night partying.
Harvey-Zenk agreed to a plea bargain and received a conditional sentence of two years of house arrest after the Crown dropped charges of impaired driving causing death and refusing a breathalyzer.
Sveinson told the inquiry that prosecutor Marty Minuk was pushing the idea of a conditional sentence from the outset, but Sveinson made it clear he opposed the idea.
Minuk has yet to testify at the inquiry, but alluded in court that he could only work with what evidence had been gathered by police.
With a report from CTV's Kelly Dehn.
