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Prevost, who had refused a breathalyzer 10 times after he was arrested, pleaded guilty in September to criminal negligence causing death and refusing to provide a breath sample. He also apologized.

In a victim-impact statement read in court, one of Seguin’s relatives noted that it took Prevost almost a year to come clean and apologize.

Seguin had been living a dream and was months away from his summer wedding. He was a happy romantic and blew his fiancée his last kiss on Oct. 2, 2013. By all accounts, he was the kind of guy you’d want around your campfire.

His fiancée addressed court in September and told Prevost: “You have committed me to a life sentence without him.”

In a letter of support filed in court, a close Prevost family friend wrote: “No one in his family, including Adam, has ever tried to minimize this tragedy, or to suggest that Adam should not or would not take responsibility for the harm done.”

Prevost’s defence lawyer, Vincent Clifford, said, “Today, the court held that he was sincere in his apology and that he had expressed genuine remorse.”

Clifford said it was a fair sentence in a “very tragic and difficult case.”

Prevost was sentenced to three years on the charge of criminal negligence causing death and to one year for refusing a breathalyzer. He was credited with six months for pre-trial custody so he will serve three-and-a-half years in prison.

gdimmock@ottawacitizen.com

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