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Orion Hutchinson: Hutchinson

Benjamin Monty Robinson Dept: Cpl. Benjamin "Monty" Robinson was off duty and driving his children home from a Halloween party when he struck Orion Hutchinson's motorcycle with his Jeep at a Tsawwassen intersection on Oct. 25, 2008. Instead of helping the 21-year-old, Crown lawyers alleged that Robinson left the young man to die in the street while he walked home and drank two shots of vodka, according to CTV. Hutchinson's family attended the first day of Robinson's trial in B.C. Supreme Court Monday and sobs could be heard inside the courtroom. Outside the court, mother Judith Hutchinson made an emotional plea for harsh justice and a B.C. Mountie accused of obstruction of justice in a fatal crash has pleaded not guilty, but prosecutors say they plan to present damning evidence that he knew about at hiding evidence of drunk driving. Robinson failed two separate police breathalyzer tests when he returned 10 minutes later, leading Delta police to recommend a charge of impaired driving causing death, but prosecutors said there wasn't enough evidence to support that charge. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.