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A 25-year-old footballer has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of two children by dangerous driving. | A 25-year-old footballer has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of two children by dangerous driving. |
Former Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of Arron Peak, 10, and Ben Peak, eight, and driving with excess alcohol. | Former Plymouth Argyle goalkeeper Luke McCormick pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of Arron Peak, 10, and Ben Peak, eight, and driving with excess alcohol. |
The brothers, from Partington, Greater Manchester, died in a crash on the M6 in Staffordshire on 7 June. | |
He entered his guilty pleas at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Monday and will be sentenced later. | He entered his guilty pleas at Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court on Monday and will be sentenced later. |
'Prison inevitable' | 'Prison inevitable' |
Judge Paul Glenn has told him a custodial sentence is inevitable. | Judge Paul Glenn has told him a custodial sentence is inevitable. |
The court heard that when breathalysed McCormick, who had been returning from a wedding, was found to have 74 micrograms of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath. | |
The legal limit is 35 micrograms of alcohol per 100 millilitres of breath.Friends and relatives of the Peak family were at the court | |
The brothers and their father Philip Peak, 37, were in a Toyota Previa with friends, travelling to Silverstone racetrack, when the crash happened. | |
Their car was involved in a collision with McCormick's Range Rover at about 0545 BST on the southbound carriageway of the motorway between junctions 15 and 16, near Keele services. | Their car was involved in a collision with McCormick's Range Rover at about 0545 BST on the southbound carriageway of the motorway between junctions 15 and 16, near Keele services. |
Mr Peak, 37, who was driving, was seriously injured in the crash. | Mr Peak, 37, who was driving, was seriously injured in the crash. |
McCormick kept his head bowed and covered his face with his hand as the court heard he told eyewitnesses at the scene: "I am so sorry, I'm sorry. I just fell asleep. I fell asleep, I'm sorry." | |
Before the crash other motorists noticed him "driving like an idiot" and estimated his speed at around 90mph (144km/h). | |
McCormick, a former England youth international, had his contract with Plymouth cancelled "by mutual consent" a month after the crash. | McCormick, a former England youth international, had his contract with Plymouth cancelled "by mutual consent" a month after the crash. |
Friends and relatives of the boys were at the court to hear McCormick plead guilty. | Friends and relatives of the boys were at the court to hear McCormick plead guilty. |