H.P. court docket
May 5, 2025
Justice C.A. Palmer
An Atikameg woman who led police on a high-speed chase at more than 160 km/hr will spend one year in custody but not in prison; instead at home and in the community.
Pamela Rose Grey, 45, was handed a conditional sentence order of 12 months after pleading guilty to flight from a peace officer May 5 in the High Prairie Court of Justice.
Court heard she was driving a vehicle near Atikameg on Sept. 21, 2019 when High Prairie RCMP processed a vehicle registration on the computer system and discovered the licence plate didn’t match the vehicle, Crown prosecutor student-at-law Max Gerlach said.
When police activated the emergency lights and sirens, Grey fled the officers and travelled at a “high rate of speed” that reached 170 km/hr, the Crown submitted.
Grey was identified as the driver.
As part of her sentence, Grey is prohibited from driving.
Justice C.A. Palmer agreed with the joint submission for sentencing from the Crown and Grey’s lawyer, Dallas Gelineau.
The sentence is appropriate,” Justice Palmer said during sentencing.
Grey admits fault, Gelineau added.
“She acknowledges she did not pull over.”
Grey eventually stopped at a residence where police arrested her.
To her credit, Grey did not have a previous criminal record.
Grey was also sentenced to one day in jail after pleading guilty to for failing to appear in court for her trial. She was given time served by her guilty plea and court appearance.
During the first six months of her CSO, Grey must be in a prescribed residence except for personal shopping, business and medical appointments pre-authorized by her sentence supervisor. During the final six months, Grey will be placed on a curfew from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. She is also required to complete assessment, counselling and treatment as directed by her sentence supervisor.
Grey was also banned for using or possessing any firearms and weapons during her sentence.
Wyllyn Bellerose was fined the minimum $5,000 after pleading guilty to driving while suspended or disqualified under the immediate roadside sanction.
“He was driving when he wasn’t supposed to be,” Justice C.A. Palmer noted during sentencing.
The justice waived the victim fine surcharge but ordered Bellerose to pay the fine by May 5, 2026.
April Giroux, was sentenced to 28 days in custody after pleading guilty to failing to appear in court.
Court heard Giroux failed to appear for a trial, Crown prosecutor student-at-law Max Gerlach said.
“Witnesses were present,” he added.
Giroux was given credit for time already served and released as she appeared from the Fort Saskatchewan Correctional Centre on closed-circuit TV.
On another matter, Giroux was fined $500, plus a victim fine surcharge of $150, after pleading guilty to failing to comply with release order conditions.
On that charge, Giroux failed to report to her bail supervisor, the Crown submitted.
Justice C.A. Palmer ordered Giroux to pay the fined by Sept. 8.