Marco Muzzo has pleaded guilty to four counts of impaired driving causing death and two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm in the September crash in Vaughan, Ont., that killed three children and their grandfather.
■Marco Muzzo to plead guilty in Vaughan crash
■Family who lost 3 kids, granddad 'utterly decimated'

Muzzo entered his plea this morning in a Newmarket, Ont., court.

​Muzzo was driving an SUV that collided with a minivan carrying six members of the Neville-Lake family on Sept. 27. Daniel, 9, Harrison, 5, Milly, 2, and 65-year-old Gary Neville died.

The children's grandmother and great-grandmother were also seriously injured in the crash.

In entering his plea this morning, Muzzo agreed to a statement of the following facts that was read in court:
■The SUV Muzzo was driving was travelling 85 kilometres an hour when it drove through a stop sign and struck the Neville-Lakes's minivan.
■​His blood-alcohol content at the time of crash ranged from 0.19 to 0.25 per cent, which is two to three times the legal limit in Ontario.
■Police officers who interviewed Muzzo at the scene said he smelled of alcohol, his eyes were glassy, and he tried to use the car to keep his balance. He was also unable to understand instructions from the officers.
■Traffic and weather conditions were not a factor in the crash.

Bail conditions

Muzzo's lawyer Brian Greenspan argued that his client should be released on "strict terms" until sentencing takes place on Feb. 23 and possibly Feb. 24. The Crown agreed to the following bail conditions, but they still must be approved by the judge. They include:
■Payment of $1 million in bail.
■No contact with any member of the Neville-Lake family.
■He must not apply for travel documents.
■He's not allowed to operate a motor vehicle.
■He must abstain from alcohol and live with his mother.
■Curfew between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. ET

Greenspan said earlier that Muzzo "has accepted full responsibility and accountability for his conduct and the devastating consequences of that conduct."

Jennifer Neville-Lake and her husband, Edward Lake, parents of the three children who died in the crash, were at the courthouse this morning.

Muzzo's mother Dawn was also in court.

Muzzo appeared in court in handcuffs and wore a black suit. He did not look at his family as he sat in the prisoner's box

Well with overwhelming evidence it's no surprise. Now let's see what the actual sentencing is. He made a deal with crown so it will probably be a slap on the wrist sadly.

What's bullshit?
Why are you so set on an American style justice system? That shit doesn't work and costs way to much.

In this day and age there is absolutely no reason for this to happen.

ya thats exactly what I said.

what kind of mommyblog bullshit is "in this day and age there is absolutely no reason for this to happen". wtf does that even mean.
Last I checked people are still free to make their own choices in life. Sometimes not very good ones. Nowhere am I defending his actions. He thought he could manage and it turned out very bad for another family(and even him). Now he has to live with that forever regardless of where that is. In jail(on our dime) or on some trust fund estate.

Just tired of everyone thinking we need to drastically increase our sentencing to US style levels like that is the answer to any of these potential issues. Its not an answer and it will just increase the tax payers burden.

This isnt saudi where we have an eye for an eye. Nor should we ever turn into that. A civilized society is educated enough to clue in that most of these people need a combination of things. Which imo includes some jail time, loss of some privileges(depending on what happened),education and most of all rehabilitation. Not just toss them in prison for 60 yrs.

Of course there are huge variances depending on what example you want to talk about. But in this case it was an accident. He made poor choices that led to it. He didnt wake up that morning intending to kill anybody.


Without infringing more on our "freedoms" people are still left to make their own choices. If they were serious about preventing this, they would put in breathalyzer lock outs on every car manufactured. But they won't do that. So yes, in this day and age there is still a possibility of this happening. And it sucks. Increasing fines or jail time won't magically get the last percentages of compliance. There are going to be people who push the limits. Fact of life. Stay awake out there.

it means exactly that, in this day and age there are more than enough resources to get home when your drinking than driving yourself. it shouldn't be a question of how you can manage it should be a yes or no to drive if you've been drinking.

i agree on being a burden on tax payers money but shit, what isn't a burden on tax payer's money? (see 1 million spent on pizza )

some may argue that drunk driving in an extreme case like this could premeditated. i'm sure that at some point he knew that he was drinking hard, got sloshy and decided to keep drinking. If he ment to get behind the wheel or not who knows, but accident? i wouldn't call it that.

I'm sorry but if something like this happens and I know I'm getting 25 years for it, you're fucking right that I'm finding another way home.

oh, so because sentences are "too low" right now, you are ok with pushing the limits?
But make it 25 yrs and that would finally convince you not to drink and drive?

In this day and age there is absolutely no reason for this to happen.

oh, so because sentences are "too low" right now, you are ok with pushing the limits?
But make it 25 yrs and that would finally convince you not to drink and drive?

it's true doe. you have to admit, it kinda worked with the entire 50km/h street racing bullshit they brought. i know a lot more people who stopped street racing and doing hwy pulls because they are fucked if they get caught; instead of a wreckless driving that you can plead down to a speeding ticket like back in the day.

Actually, that's a generational thing. My generation doesn't really street race. Not as much as you guys in your 30s and 40s did. I remember the news reports of hundreds of cars in some strip mall that went out to do some street racing in some Industrial sector. But now that most of you guys have kids, jobs, wives and houses; you've got better things to do on a Saturday night than hang out and street race.

50 over penalty didn't do a thing against street racing. More non street racers got caught than actual street racers.

I see cars fly by me on the 407 everyday that are probably going 150 or more. No street racing, just lead foot!

oh, so because sentences are "too low" right now, you are ok with pushing the limits?
But make it 25 yrs and that would finally convince you not to drink and drive?

Eupohric, I have to completely disagree with you in this thread. Let me paint a picture of why...

Let's say that I walked into a mall and just started randomly firing a gun. Not shooting at anyone, and not with the intent to kill anyone, but I "accidentally" kill 3 kids and their grandfather. What do you think I would happen? I think I would and should spend the rest of my life in prison in that case.

I see this Muzzo case no differently. He did something incredibly stupid that had a high likelihood of killing people. Then he killed some people. I hope that piece of shit spends the vast majority of the rest of his life behind bars. I don't care about the expense. I don't care about his mental anguish over it. I don't care about rehabilitating him. I just want him to rot like the self centered piece of shit he is.

So you're ok with drunk drivers then?

"This is not only routine, this would have happened with virtually anyone who had any roots in the community regardless of status, regardless of any other issue," Greenspan told reporters shortly after Muzzo left the court with his fiancée. Muzzo's mother, Dawn, was also in court.

Greenspan said Muzzo "has accepted full responsibility and accountability for his conduct and the devastating consequences of that conduct."

He did not say what sentence he would be seeking for his client.

Muzzo appeared in court in handcuffs and wore a black suit. He didn't look at his family as he sat in the prisoner's box.

He nodded and murmured in agreement when asked if he understood the consequences of his plea.

Muzzo family wealthy

The Muzzo family, one of Canada's wealthiest, released a statement after their son's arrest saying they were "greatly
saddened" by the tragedy and expressed their "deepest sympathy" to the Neville-Lake family.

The family owns the drywall company Marel Contractors and is worth almost $1.8 billion, according to Canadian Business magazine.

Muzzo had returned from a trip to Miami on a private jet on the day of the crash, landing at Toronto's Pearson airport around 3:15 p.m., according to an agreed statement of fact read in court.

He picked up his Jeep from the airport parking lot and drove off, court heard.

Shortly afterward, he drove through a stop sign, hitting the driver's side of the minivan carrying the Neville-Lake family.

It was only after he arrived at the police station that Muzzo learned the four had died, court heard.

Where did I say to not treat him harshly ? Please quote me.

Unfortunately I agree. He'll get some bullshit sentence.

What's bullshit?
Why are you so set on an American style justice system? That shit doesn't work and costs way to much.

Ru4real?

That's a seperate concept.
nor am I saying he shouldn't be punished to the full extent of our laws.