'We will push for maximum sentence'.

Dembovsky, says he is calling for the driver to be charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, rather than drunk driving, and with five counts of culpable homicide, to increase the chances of a successful prosecution.

"If proper procedures have been followed in this instance, there is no reason why this cannot be achieved," said Dembovsky.

"While it has become fashionable to try to create sensation by charging people accused of similar crimes with murder, we feel that the State is being forced into an unenviable predicament of trying to prove intent of murder.

"This is neither necessary nor productive as it wastes valuable time and has not as yet …