Tag: Jesse Bleck
The LFP Podcast, ep. 175: The Roby family’s long path to justice
Host Rachel Gilbert spoke with LFP court reporter Jane Sims, who covered the sentencing of Londoner Jesse Bleck – five years after he struck teenage cyclist Tristan Roby, who suffered catastrophic injuries, in a hit-and-run crash.
Prison for hit-and-run driver who left teen cyclist with catastrophic injuries
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News Just days after her son was left with a catastrophic brain injury from a hit-and-run crash, Abby Roby publicly
Tristan Roby’s message to driver who hit him: ‘You basically killed me’
Tristan Roby started writing his victim impact statement about his life since the devastating hit-and-run more than four years ago when it was easier to communicate with his mother. But the wheelchair-bound 22-year-old London man with the traumatic brain injury doesn’t speak anymore and communicates with his mother by blinking – one blink for yes, […]
‘He’ll pay for what he did’: Tristan Roby’s mom reacts to guilty verdict at hit-and-run trial
Abby Roby rushed to give her son the news as soon as she returned home from the London courthouse. “Guilty, baby, guilty,” she told Tristan, 22, Wednesday evening about the verdicts returned by the Superior Court jury that convicted Jesse Bleck, 29, of failing to remain at a crash and driving while prohibited. The verdicts, […]
Jury: Jesse Bleck guilty in hit-and-run crash that badly hurt teen cyclist
A London man who claimed he wasn’t driving a car that struck and gravely injured a teenaged cyclist has been found guilty of two charges.
Who was driving in hit-and-run? Lawyers make closing arguments
The question for the jury at a lengthy hit-and-run trial is: Who was driving the car that struck and gravely injured cyclist Tristan Roby? The Crown says the jury needs to consider the totality of the evidence – the conflicting witness testimony and police statements and the 38 exhibits – that collectively point to Jesse […]
‘I’d like to get out of here’: Outburst marks witness’s last day at hit-and-run trial
It was the longest string of words he uttered Wednesday morning. Jamal had spent the session repeating a monotone “yes” to most of defence lawyer’s Geoff Snow’s suggestions.
Hit-and-run trial: Key witness claimed in 2022 police interview he wasn’t in car
Just days before Jesse Bleck’s preliminary hearing on charges related to a devastating hit-and-run crash, Ahmad Jamal wanted to talk to the Crown. He had some new information, he said. The Crown’s office said a police officer would call him. London police Const. Bernard Martin contacted Jamal, 35, on Feb. 8, 2022, more than two […]