Rich Canadian who killed three children and grandfather in drunken crash is jailed for 10 years

A judge has sentenced a member of one of Canada’s wealthiest families to 10 years in prison for killing three young children and their grandfather while driving drunk.

Marco Muzzo, 29, pleaded guilty earlier this year to charges of impaired driving causing death and impaired driving causing bodily harm. Superior Court Justice Michelle Fuerst handed down the sentence Tuesday and also prohibited Muzzo from driving for 12 years. The children’s mother sobbed quietly in the courtroom.

Nine-year-old Daniel Neville-Lake, his five-year-old brother Harrison, their two-year-old sister Milly and the children’s 65-year-old grandfather, Gary Neville, died last September after the van they were in was hit by a speeding Muzzo, who was driving an SUV. Police said Muzzo was so drunk he urinated on himself after the collision.

Breathalyzer tests showed he had between two and three times the legal amount of alcohol in his blood.

Muzzo had just returned to Toronto on a private jet after attending a bachelor party, when he got in his car while still drunk.

Prosecutors had asked for a sentence of 10 to 12 years behind bars and a ban on driving for eight to 10. The defence had argued an eight-year sentence would be enough.