A South Australian family has forgiven an Italian tourist and asked that he be spared jail for killing an elderly couple and their daughter in a crash in the state's mid-north last year. The 29-year-old, who was on his honeymoon when the accident happened, appeared in South Australia's District Court today and cried silently as the prosecution explained what led to the horrifying crash.
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00:00Gabrielle Cairo was holidaying in Australia with his wife on their honeymoon in October
00:08when he caused the crash, killing three members of the Clark family in the state's mid-north.
00:13Cairo was travelling at 82km an hour in a hired camper van when he failed to give way
00:18at an intersection near Blyth and crashed into the Clark's car.
00:22Today a prosecutor told the court that 84-year-old Cynthia Clark and her 54-year-old daughter
00:28Jacqueline died at the scene of the crash.
00:3186-year-old John Clark was airlifted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital where he died three
00:37weeks later.
00:38Cairo's wife was also seriously injured in the horrific crash, sustaining a head injury
00:43and multiple fractures.
00:45The Italian tourist previously pled guilty to three counts of caused death by dangerous
00:50driving and one count of caused serious harm by dangerous driving.
00:55He's extremely remorseful.
00:57He's thought of the Clark family and their relatives the whole time and it's been a terrible,
01:04terrible situation for all involved.
01:07The District Court heard the victim's family members would not be making victim impact
01:12statements today because they hold no animosity against him.
01:16A friend of the Clark family says they accept that it was a tragic accident and do not want
01:21Cairo to go to jail.
01:23If he was a nasty person, it would be a different ball game altogether.
01:26Throw the book at him, but that's not the way it is.
01:29The 29-year-old tourist will be sentenced in court next month.