A woman who pleaded guilty in the death of two Saskatoon teens after crashing a stolen truck has been handed a six-year prison sentence.
Cheyann Peeteetuce was sentenced Friday in Saskatoon Court of Queen’s Bench. The 22-year-old pleaded guilty in December to several charges — including criminal negligence causing death, possession of a stolen vehicle, impaired driving and evading police — in relation to the May 5, 2014 crash.
Court heard Peeteetuce was driving a stolen pickup truck that sped through the intersection of 22nd Street West and Avenue M at about 90 km/h before crashing into two other vehicles. One of the vehicles, a car, was pushed on its side and into the wall of a medical clinic.
Two 17-year-old students from Bethlehem Catholic High School, James Paul Haughey and Sarah Wensley, died in the collision. Another teen was left injured.
The victims’ families were unhappy with the sentence.
“That’s a joke. She killed two teenagers,” said Karen Wensley, aunt of Sarah Wensley, outside the court house.
The Crown was seeking a 12-year sentence. The defence asked for six years.
The judge cited several factors that led to the shorter sentence. Peeteetuce has shown remorse throughout the case, he said. She also lost her 10-month-old son, which led her into gang life, prior to the crash. She's since left the gang life.
With time already served, she has four years and four months left on her sentence.
Another woman, the passenger in the stolen truck, was given a three-year sentence in January. She cannot be named under the Youth Criminal Justice Act because she was 17 at the time of the crash.
