Drunk driver who killed four children in Sydney will plead guilty to manslaughter
A man who killed four children in a car crash in Sydney's west will plead guilty to seven charges, including four for manslaughter.The family of the children were not present at Parramatta Court todaySamuel Davidson, 30, is accused of having a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit when his four-wheel drive hit the children on a footpath at Oatlands in early February.
"We're determined to spend time with our children who are still with us and remain in constant prayer for the strength we need to see us through this time," Daniel Abdallah, the father of three of the four children who died, said earlier this year.family's position of "total forgiveness" regarding Mr DavidsonSpace to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
Hundreds of bunches of flowers, balloons and candles were left at the crash site and Mr Adballah and his wife Leila visited the area in the aftermath to read the tributes that had been left. A memorial was also held for the three children's cousin Veronique at Santa Sabina College in Strathfield, where she was a year 6 student.
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