Victoria Police say the suspect in the carjacking on Monday had been arrested by its officers the day before for another attempted carjacking.
VicPD says Seth Packer was arrested in connection with both carjacking incidents.
On Monday, Asha Makwana says a man threw her onto the road along the 1000 block of Johnson Street before entering her vehicle and driving away.
Criminal lawyer Kyla Lee says people don’t have a lot of recourse in car accidents because of B.C.’s zero fault policy, but if the carjacker is convicted, the drivers affected could sue for damages. More likely though, is that ICBC will go after him to cover the cost of this spree.
“ICBC, if they’re dealing with an uninsured driver, can breach that individual on the insurance coverage,” said Lee. “They can essentially say you therefore owe us for what we’ve paid for this claim.”
Lee says the typical course of action for ICBC is banning the person from buying insurance or getting a drivers licence in B.C. until they reimburse the insurance provider for the costs incurred as a result of their actions.
