GRAVENHURST, ONT.—Convicted drunk driver Marco Muzzo — who in 2015 crashed into a minivan north of Toronto killing three children and their grandfather — is set to learn whether he will be granted parole.The parole board hearing at Beaver Creek prison, near Gravenhurst, is set to decide Muzzo’s eligibility for both day parole starting Nov. 11 and full parole starting May 2019.An inmate is eligible for day parole six months prior to having served one-third of their sentence. For Muzzo, one-third of his 10-year sentence is next May.A spokesperson speaking to the media before the hearing said the board’s No. 1 question for the day will be: “What is the likelihood that Marco Muzzo will reoffend?”Muzzo pleaded guilty in court in 2016 to several counts of impaired driving causing death and bodily harm for the 2015 crash that killed 65-year-old Gary Neville and his three grandchildren, Daniel Neville-Lake, 9, Harrison, 5, and Milagros, 2. The children’s grandmother and great-grandmother were also seriously injured.On top of his 10-year prison sentence, Muzzo was also banned from driving for 12 years. Read more: ‘You killed all my babies,’ grieving mother tells Marco MuzzoMarco Muzzo offers tearful apology to grieving couple at sentencing hearingMarco Muzzo wants damages reduced in lawsuit over drunk driving deaths“For as long as Mr. Muzzo has been alive, courts have warned about the consequences of impaired driving,” Superior Court Justice Michelle Fuerst said when she sentenced the then-29-year-old Muzzo in March 2016. “Yet the message escaped him. It is important that it does not escape others.”The case attracted widespread attention due to the young age of many of the victims and the Muzzo family’s enormous wealth — estimated at $1.8 billion according to Canadian Business magazine.It also marked a turning point in the sentencing range for impaired driving causing death, w ...
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