Edson man who hit provincial building allowed to appeal sentence

Kelvin Zawadiuk, 41, who rammed a stolen ATCO truck into the Edson provincial building in 2019, was recently granted the ability to appeal restitution orders. Article content

The Alberta Court of Appeal reviewed Zawadiuk’s application for appeal on Oct. 28. Article content

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“The circumstances of this application are highly unusual,” Justice Dawn Pentelechuk wrote for the Court of Appeal .

The case stems back to when Zawadiuk crashed the vehicle into the building and then vandalized the indoors with racist graffiti, according to the court. Zawadiuk was “in a methamphetamine-induced psychosis” at the time, Pentelechuk wrote.

In March 2020, Zawadiuk pleaded guilty to six offences and was sentenced to five years, and to pay restitution of $65,