GUMBALL UPDATE: THE FAMILY OF DEAD OCCUPANTS SAID WHAT?

About a month ago we broke the news that one of the Gumball Rally drivers killed a elderly couple when their car smashed into them. It caught international headlines when Morley, 30, was driving a Porsche 911 through Macedonia in the 3,000-mile supercar race when it collided at a crossroads with a Volkswagen Golf.

The driver of the Golf, Vladimir Chepunyoski, 67, died, along with his wife Margit, 65.



Morley (pictured above), a property developer from Altrincham, Greater Manchester, fled the scene, but was arrested at the Macedonian-Albanian border in a car belonging to another contestant.

He faces 14 years in jail if convicted of causing serious danger to people and property through bad driving which resulted in death. He denies the charge. The court in Struga, southern Macedonia, heard that Morley was driving at 100mph on a road with a 40mph limit.

Now that he's in court and the family of the deceased couple offered this wierd statement at his trial.

It said: "We ask this court to release young Nicholas. It was ill-fate that made our son and father make that fatal mistake and join the main road without stopping his vehicle.

"We have experienced a terrible tragedy, but we feel that it would be another tragedy to keep this young man in prison.

"We think he has suffered enough and his conviction would offer no comfort to our grief."

The trial continues on Monday, when a verdict is expected.

Wow!


Source: Daily News