Here There Be Dragons by Michelle O'Leary

The maximum legal blood alcohol concentration in Canada is 80 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood. 'I could tell that she was upset by the news,' the officer testified. O'Leary did agree to the test and her breath sample indicated a blood alcohol range between 50 and 99 milligrams of alcohol per 100 millilitres of blood, the officer told the court. The officer replied there was no obligation to provide a sample, but that failing to do so would lead to a criminal charge, which appeared to shock O'Leary, she said. 'She seemed to be nervous and hesitant to provide a sample,' and asked if she was obligated to do so, the constable recalled. Ingham wasn't convinced, she said, and asked O'Leary to provide a breath sample. When asked directly whether she had consumed any alcohol, O'Leary initially denied it, but later said she had one drink after her return to the cottage following the crash, the officer testified. Ingham also smelled alcohol on the woman's breath when they spoke, she said. O'Leary, who court has heard was the one operating the boat at the time of the late-night crash, told the officer before being asked that she hadn't consumed any alcohol, Ingham testified.īut the constable said she grew suspicious because O'Leary's eyes appeared glossy and her pupils seemed dilated - both signs of alcohol consumption. Michelle Ingham testified O'Leary repeatedly told her she had done 'nothing wrong,' and that 'the other boat didn't have any lights on and she didn't see it.' 24, 2019 crash on Lake Joseph, north of Toronto.Īn Ontario Provincial Police officer dispatched to the O'Leary cottage in the immediate aftermath of the incident said she found Linda O'Leary nursing a swollen ankle and foot in the family's boathouse, and questioned her as part of a preliminary investigation.

O'Leary - the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary - has pleaded not guilty to one charge of careless operation of a vessel under the Canada Shipping Act in connection with the Aug. Linda O'Leary registered an 'alert range' level of blood alcohol on a breath test taken shortly after a boat crash that killed two people and injured several others, a police officer told an Ontario court Monday.

Here There Be Dragons by Michelle O'Leary