Snowmobile slashing of P.E.I. judge's tires leads to trial
CBC
A man accused of slashing the car tires of a P.E.I. provincial court judge while she was hearing cases in Georgetown was on trial in Charlottetown Friday.
And in a strange twist, the main witness in the case is the man's ex-wife.
Jeffrey William Clory of Georgetown pleaded not guilty to the crime, which caused $325 in damage to the front and rear tires on the driver's side of Judge Nancy Orr's car.
Court was told that the incident happened on Feb. 18 of this year, a sunny day with lots of snow on the ground.
That's significant because the culprit pulled up to Judge Nancy Orr's car on a snowmobile, according to both security video and witnesses.
"You don't usually see a snowmobile going up mainstreet Georgetown while court is on... usually they're on trails," said witness Rodney Clarence Noseworthy, who took a shaky cellphone video of the machine.
Courthouse surveillance video shown at the trial shows a black snowmobile approaching the judge's car at about 11:50 a.m. The sheriff stationed at the courthouse entrance, Paul David Hawkins, also testified that he saw the machine pull up beside the car.
"I seen a stabbing motion towards the vehicle … so I opened the door and yelled, 'hey!' I seen this black helmet pop up and then [he] drove off," said Hawkins.
Clory's ex-wife also testified.
Teresa Gardiner happened to be driving along the street as the snowmobile pulled up to the judge's car.
"I could see him pull up and hit the tire," she testified. "I couldn't see any weapons or anything else. I saw him hit the [rear] tire and then hit the front tire and then left."
Gardiner said there's no doubt in her mind the man on the snowmobile was her ex-husband.
Their marriage ended about 20 years ago, but she often sees him around Three Rivers doing errands, and she told the court: "I feel I know him really well."
She added that she could see his eyes, glasses and some of his nose despite the helmet: "I didn't assume it was him. I knew it was him."
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