Sentencing set for Dresden woman in deadly impaired driving case

A Dresden woman found guilty of impaired driving causing death will know her fate in early February.

Article content

A brief Superior Court hearing was held Tuesday, via video, in the case involving Arielle Wall, 22, who was convicted in September of impaired driving causing death and having a blood-alcohol level above the legal limit for driving.

Article content

Wall had been driving a vehicle that struck a tree on Longwoods Road, just west of Louisville, around midnight on April 12, 2021.

Her friend Gabrielle Emery, 19, died as a result of the crash.

A sentencing hearing was to begin Dec. 18, but was adjourned after court learned the assistant Crown originally assigned to the case is unable to continue to the end due to unspecified reasons.

Two new dates were set Tuesday for the trial to reach its conclusion. Sentencing submissions will be heard Jan.18, with the sentence for Wall scheduled to be delivered on Feb. 6 by Justice Russell Raikes.

Recommended from Editorial

  1. Chatham-Kent courthouse.

    Woman found guilty of impaired driving in crash that killed friend

  2. Chatham-Kent courthouse.

    Accused showed range of emotions after deadly crash, impaired trial hears

Share this article in your social network

pso1