Man gets conditional sentence in Western P.E.I. dangerous driving case

A Prince County motorcyclist has avoided jail time for dangerous driving causing bodily harm.

Taylor Edward Cooke, 24,appeared in P.E.I. Supreme Court in Slemon Park Thursday for sentencing.Justice Jonathan Coady sentenced him to two years, to be served at home and in the community.

Victim Ryan MacKinnon and his family were also in courtwhilethe facts of the case were reviewed.

Court heard that the motorcycle Cooke was riding was travelling down Main StreetinO'Leary one nightin August 2020, doingmore than 100 kilometres per hour in a 50 zone.

The motorcycle hit MacKinnon, who was walking down the street after a gym workout, causing injuries that led to a leg amputation.

MacKinnon and his family say the incidentchanged all of their lives, and cut his budding hockey career short.

On Thursday, the judge ordered Cooke to wear an electronic ankle monitor for some or all of his two-year conditional sentence.

He's also forbidden to drive on any public road for the next four years.