Pembroke driver's conviction overturned, new trial ordered

An appellate court has overturned the conviction of a driver who allegedly struck a retired regimental sergeant-major outside the Pembroke Memorial Centre following a Lumber Kings game.
The conviction of dangerous driving causing death against Martial Laverdure, of Pembroke, was quashed by the Ontario Court of Appeals in Toronto on Friday with judges ordering a new trial.
In the original trial, which concluded last year, Laverdure was sentenced to 22 months months in jail, followed by a year of