Father accused of assaulting celebrant at son’s funeral faces court
Gye Worthy, 40, is accused of disrupting his 17-year-old son Cole’s funeral by shouting at and assaulting celebrant Paul Maull, then obstructing officers who attended. The alleged attack followed Worthy’s anger that Maull’s eulogy mentioned Cole’s stepfather but not him; the disturbance left Cole’s mother devastated, according to a source close to the family.
Worthy faces charges of common assault, a public order offence and obstructing police, and is due at Teesside Magistrates’ Court on Friday. Cole was one of five people killed when a car travelling the wrong way on the A66 collided with a police vehicle on 22 August; two police officers also died. Police said the car’s occupants had links to organised crime, but there is no suggestion Worthy was connected to it.
- A father is accused of attacking the celebrant at his son’s funeral.
- Gye Worthy faces three charges and is due in court on Friday.
- His son was among five people killed in the A66 crash that also claimed two officers.
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Gye Worthy has been accused of assaulting the celebrant at his son's funeral. The incident occurred during the service for 17-year-old Cole when Worthy became upset because the eulogy mentioned Cole's stepfather but not him. He also faces accusations of obstructing police officers who attended the funeral.
Cole died in a car crash on 22 August on the A66 after a vehicle travelled the wrong way and collided with a police car. The crash killed five people in the vehicle and two police officers. It was a major incident with significant loss of life.
Worthy faces criminal charges in connection with his alleged conduct at the funeral. The vehicle involved in the crash had occupants said to have links to organised crime, though there is no suggestion Worthy was connected to this.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Father of teenager, 17, killed in A66 Middlesbrough crash faces jail after attacking celebrant at his own son’s funeral”.