Marco Muzzo has been sentenced to 10 years in connection with a drunk driving crash in Vaughan that killed three children and their grandfather in September.

The 29-year-old man has also been given a 12-year driving prohbition and will have credit for time already served put toward his sentence.

Muzzo was sentenced in a Newmarket court today, nearly two months after pleading guilty to four counts of impaired driving causing death and two counts of impaired driving causing bodily harm.

The Crown had asked Justice Michelle Fuerst for a sentence in the range of 10 to 12 years, while defence lawyer Brian Greenspan asked the judge for a sentence of eight years.

After the sentence was handed down, Greenspan told reporters that Muzzo "fully accepts" the judge's decision and called the punishment "within the range of acceptable sentences."

Muzzo, who was weeks away from getting married when the crash happened, will be eligible for full parole upon completion of one-third of his sentence. He will be eligible for day parole six months prior to that.

The driving ban will begin once Muzzo is released from custody.

Nine-year-old Daniel Neville-Lake, his five-year-old brother Harrison and their two-year-old sister Milly were killed in the Sept. 27 crash, along with their 65-year-old maternal grandfather, Gary Neville.

According to an agreed statement of facts, a private jet carrying Muzzo from his bachelor trip in Miami landed at Pearson International Airport. He cleared customs, and got behind the wheel of a Jeep Grand Cherokee, heading to his home in Vaughan.

Muzzo slammed into a minivan carrying the Neville-Lake family at Kirby Road and Kipling Avenue in Kleinburg, a village in the city of Vaughan.

Breath samples taken from Muzzo two hours after he was arrested indicated he had a blood alcohol level of more than twice the legal Ontario limit.

An officer at the scene of the collision reported that Muzzo “was unsteady on his feet, he had glossy eyes, he attempted to use people to use his balance, he urinated himself, he was having a difficult time comprehending direction and he had the smell of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his breath.”

Jennifer Neville-Lake, who lost her only three children and her father in the crash, took to social media Tuesday morning ahead of the sentencing and asked the public to "drop positive vibes" for her family.

"We will be learning the sentence of #drunkdrivermarcomuzzo who killed or harmed everyone in this photo," wrote Jennifer Neville-Lake in a caption accompanying a photo of the victims.

She was expected to speak to reporters sometime Tuesday afternoon.

Muzzo blinked back tears in court after his sentence was handed down. He turned to his family from inside the prisoner's box with his face red and tears in his eyes.

The last time he was in court, on Feb. 24, Muzzo spoke publicly for the first time and said he was “haunted” by the deaths he caused.

“I stand here before you today with great remorse, sympathy and unimaginable regret,” he said. “As I listened with horror yesterday to the details of the catastrophic consequences of my actions, I knew that my words would be of no consolation. Ever since the tragedy that occurred as a result of my inexcusable conduct, I have wanted to say that I am sorry and apologize to your family from the bottom of my heart.”

“I am at a loss for words and I am on a constant search for the right way to express to you my sorrow. I know that there are no actions that can ever change what has happened. I know that there is no step that I can take to bring back your children Daniel, Harrison and Millie Neville Lake and your father Gary Neville – I pray that I could – but I cannot.”

“I could never have imagined the degree of suffering and pain I have caused,” he said. “If I could reverse the hands of time, I would without hesitation. I want nothing more than to attempt to bring some peace to your hearts and mind.”

However, Neville-Lake and her husband Edward Lake got up from their seats and left the courtroom when he spoke, refusing to hear what he had to say about the ordeal.

Neville-Lake later told reporters she didn’t want to hear a word from the man who was responsible for the deaths of all of her children.