Alan Kippax - An Untold Story 2019
Alan
Kippax can certainly lay claim to a mistake or two over
his 50+ years. Unfortunately, one particular mistake was unjustly adjudicated
in both the press and a Canadian courtroom. Here’s the real story based on the
real facts regarding the Alan Kippax
accident.
The
Alan Kippax Accident in 2006
In the middle of 2006, Alan Kippax
was in the process of turning a revolutionary MLM into a highly successful
business venture. The crash was certainly having an effect on Alan Kippax's business.
As the struggles began, Alan’s life got hit with a personal tragedy, the
accidental death of his cousin due to an auto accident. What followed the
accident is unthinkable.
Time
of the Alan Kippax Accident
At the time of the Alan
Kippax accident, witnesses testified Alan’s car was
traveling 40 to 100 KM/hour in a 70 KM/hour zone. He was nowhere near the area
after the intersection where his cousin lost control of his vehicle, perhaps
due to malfunction. Clearly, Alan Kippax
was not responsible for the accident in any way. Initially, he wasn’t even aware
of the tragedy that had unfolded, claiming the life of a dear family member.
After not hearing from his cousin as expected, Alan
retraced his tracks and returned to the area where the accident occurred.
Because of an erroneous witness account of the accident, Alan was eventually
taken into custody on grounds of street racing and driving while intoxicated.
The witness’ account was erroneous because Alan’s car was out of sight of his
cousin’s car when that car lost control, veered into oncoming traffic and hit
another vehicle. The cousin was killed immediately, and the couple in the other
car was badly injured. As part of the initial investigation, Alan submitted to
a breathalyzer from which he blew a 0.00, no sign of drinking. It’s worth
noting that while one witness gave a false account of what happened, nine other
witnesses did not believe there were two cars racing. While the original
charges ended up being dropped, the prosecutor decided to pursue the charge of
dangerous driving causing death, a charge not mentioned at any point prior.
Alan
Kippax Accident in 2008
Nothing could have prepared Alan
Kippax and his attorney for what would transpire in a
Canadian courtroom. During the 7-day trial, Defense lawyer Barry Fox argued
that the driving of his client and his client’s cousin were not linked. The
accuser’s (Alan Kippax) Mercedes
wasn't involved in any collision, nor did it cause his cousin’s fatal crash. By
the way, Alan is dealing with this travesty while Wall Street took a major hit,
shaking the financial foundations of many companies throughout the world. His
company was being affected.
While testifying on his own behalf, Alan told the court that while he was devastated about the loss of his cousin, it was a
tragic accident and he should in no way be held accountable. If his cousin was
at all accountable for what happened, “I did not make the decisions he made,”
as Alan explained.
Only one witness was willing to offer testimony that
implicated Alan. It’s worth noting that the witness was in the process of launching
a company that would have been in direct competition with Alan’s company. The
defense argued false testimony was given in an attempt to “eliminate” the
competition. No other evidence implicating Alan Kippax
was offered by the prosecutor.
Further complicating matters was the fact a new
judge was presiding over the trial. This particular judge was very much an
advocate against street racing and driving while intoxicated. Based solely on
the testimony of a potentially biased witness with zero proof of Alan Kippax
being intoxicated, the judge decided to convict. The rest of the evidence
supporting Alan Kippax’s claims was
wrongly dismissed.
A
Harsh Sentence
In what appeared to be an attempt to show strong
disdain for “drunk” driving and street racing, the judge clearly decided to
ignore a majority of the evidence and
sentenced Alan Kippax to three years in prison for not
causing nor being involved in a fatal accident. The Appeals Court decided not
to overturn the conviction, siding with the trial judge. Upon finishing his the sentence as a model prisoner, Alan was immediately deported to the UK, despite
being granted Canadian citizenship 30 years earlier.
Final
Disposition
The effects of the accident and the Alan Kippax
conviction were far-reaching. It certainly turned Alan’s life upside down while
also destroying his business venture. No one seemed to care, other than Alan,
that a large group of company distributors would also be adversely affected by
what transpired. When he asked for an opportunity to save his company and spare
his distributors, he was denied with his hands literally tied in a prison cell.
Alan’s crime was being in the wrong place at the
wrong time. He also had the unfortunate luck of landing a judge trying to prove
herself based on information from a witness with potential bias. He wasn’t
then, nor has he ever been the uncaring monster a complicit media tried to
portray in order to sell newspapers. Not one day goes by that the Alan
Kippax accident doesn’t haunt its namesake.
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