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A young man who had been drinking before his car struck and killed a pedestrian in Leamington has lost his licence for one year and must pay a $2,000 fine.

Jamie Redekop was convicted of impaired driving but found not responsible for the death of 55-year-old Robert Wallingford.

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“I’m really sorry for what happened,” Redekop, 20, said in court Monday. “There was no intention for this to happen.”

Wallingford died in hospital on Jan. 11, 2015, after he was struck by Redekop’s red Chevrolet Cavalier in the area of Fox Street and Askew Street.

The collision happened around 8 p.m. Wallingford, a father of four and grandfather of seven, had been walking near his home.

Redekop was initially charged with impaired driving causing death, but the charge was dismissed last year at the end of a preliminary hearing due to insufficient evidence. Following a trial in June, he was found guilty of the lesser offence of impaired driving.