Alfredo Ciociola was travelling around Scotland with family and friends when he drove on the wrong side of the road.
An Italian tourist who was extradited to Scotland was jailed today after he was convicted of causing the deaths of five people, including his oldest son, in a horrific road crash.
Ciociola, 50, an officer with the Italian Coast guard, who was also injured, had denied causing the deaths by driving dangerously on the A96 on July 26 in 2018. He ordered that Ciociola should be remanded in custody for the preparation of a background report ahead of sentencing next month. Ciociola said he did not know if everyone in the vehicle had seat belts on when he left Stonehaven on the last leg of the journey.
Ciociola said, through an interpreter, "I tried to be as cautious as I could. I tried to pay attention to everything around me as much as I could." Ciociola said he had very limited previous experience of driving in Scotland. He told the court: "I have been driving on the right for over 30 years. It is not very easy to get accustomed to driving on the left."
Mr Patane, 74, who was the front seat passenger in the minibus, said he realised that the vehicle was travelling in the wrong carriageway before the "terrible impact" occurred. But other motorists had seen the vehicle regularly brake and veer onto the wrong lane at bends before the collision occurred.
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