Manpreet Gill appeared in the Ontario Court of Justice in Oshawa on Aug. 1, 2024 by video link.
Manpreet Gill, the sole passenger in a cargo van involved in a police chase that ended in a deadly wrong-way crash on Highway 401 near Toronto in April, has been denied bail. Gill, 38, is charged in connection with a liquor store robbery that police say set off the cascade of events.Manpreet Gill, shown in an artist's sketch, appeared by video link in the Ontario Court of Justice in Oshawa, Ont., for a bail hearing on Thursday and Friday.
Gill is charged in connection with the a liquor store robbery in Clarington that Durham Regional Police said led to the pursuit on April 29. The accused, who suffered serious injuries in the collision and was only recently released from hospital, wore orange jail garb and used a wheelchair. He followed court proceedings through a Punjabi interpreter.
Separately, Gill had been barred from an LCBO outlet in Vaughan after facing charges in February related to the theft of merchandise from the store. Court documents show Gill was also charged in July 2022 with possession of a vehicle obtained by crime in Mississauga.Police said a suspect pulled a knife on an off-duty officer "who had intervened to prevent the theft" at the Clarington liquor store. Officers said they later lost sight of the suspect after he sped away in a white van.
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