The widow of former Toronto mayor Rob Ford has been given a suspended sentence, a two-year driving ban and fined $1,100 for an impaired driving conviction.Renata Ford was also ordered to perform 100 hours of community service that must be completed within 18 months. She can’t drive with any alcohol in her blood for three years, and she must have an interlocking device installed on any vehicles she owns.“She has started to take more control of her life,” Justice Ted Kelly said at Ford’s court hearing Wednesday afternoon.“I’m truly sorry for my actions,” Ford, 47, told the judge.The Crown had earlier asked the judge to jail Ford for 45 days after she pleaded guilty in October to a 2016 charge. She has two previous convictions — in 1997, when she refused to provide a breath sample, and in 2005 for impaired driving.But Ford’s lawyer argued she should avoid jail time because she was remorseful and didn’t cause extensive damage. “It was an excellent result,” Dennis Morris said outside court, noting that his client has already done 100 hours of community service. “The pressure that she had for many, many years are no longer there. She is a much better and stronger individual.”Ford’s car “rubbed up against” another vehicle at the entrance of the Humbertown Plaza on the Kingsway near Royal York Rd., on Dec. 28, 2016, according to an agreed statement of facts filed in court.When Ford pulled over to a parking spot, people came by to help her out of her car and she sat down on the curb. Ford told witnesses that she needed a cigarette and asked them not to call the police before walking over to an LCBO parking lot.The LCBO manager refused to sell her a bottle of wine, according to the statement, and Ford returned to the passenger seat in her car. Police came by and she failed a breathalyzer test.Even though no one was injured in this case, “there needs to be denunciati ...
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