Man charged seven years after fatal crash, Crown lashed Article by May 7, 2021 A lawyer lambasted the Crown’s “dismissive and flippant attitude” in a case where a man was charged almost seven years after a road accident claimed an elderly man’s life, a court heard Thursday. And the Crown’s early absence in a constitutional lawsuit seemingly compounded Queen’s Counsel Larry Smith’s arguments in the case in which he is representing Preston Parris along with attorneys Jamila Smith and Jeriah Rock. Thursday’s virtual hearing was scheduled to start at 10 a.m. before Justice Shona Griffith but was delayed to await a member of either the Director of Public Prosecutions Office or the Solicitor General’s Chambers. Principal Crown Counsel Marsha Lougheed eventually joined around noon.