A man has been given conditional release after being convicted of driving his car into Burrard Inlet in Port Moody, a suburb of Vancouver, British Columbia.
In March this year, Jowan Fowaz drove his car into the ocean from a boat launch ramp at Rocky Point Park in the city. The incident was live streamed by popular American streamer Aidin Ross, who made Fowaz state his full name before the incident and then said: “Aidin Ross is not responsible for this.”
Fowers escaped before the car went under, and Ross said he would send money to a tow truck when it arrived. He was later arrested at the scene.
In September, he was convicted of criminal damage to property under $5,000. At the time of the incident, he said that the brakes on his car hadn’t worked, but police investigations revealed that he had been offered $10,000 by Aiden Ross and had knowingly driven his car into the road.
On November 20, the court granted Fowers a conditional release, which allows him to have no criminal record if he meets court-imposed conditions. He was placed on one year of probation, fined $100, and ordered to pay approximately $3,000 in repairs to the City of Port Moody and complete 30 hours of community service by May of next year.
The defendant’s lawyer said his client is “ashamed and remorseful” about the incident.