Couples agony after grooms mum is killed by drink driver on their wedding day

pA day after Martin Colquhoun married the love of his life, he received a phone call informing him his mother had died in a horror car crash./p pMarie Laurie was thrown out of the window of a cab after attending her sonapos;s wedding, which was supposed to be one of the happiest events in the family calendar./p pThe 57-year-old, from Easterhouse, Glasgow, had been travelling home with her husband when drink driver Steven Bennie smashed into the cab she was in and killed her./p p It was during breakfast the next day that son Martin, who was still on a high after his wedding, had his world turned upside down - the a data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/couples-never-ending-nightmare-after-20947038 target=_blankDaily Record/a reports. /p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949234.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_Screenshot_20191121_111939JPG.jpg title=The last picture taken of Marie Laurie at her sonapos;s wedding. Marie is in the centre with red dress and glasses. Martin and his bride Michelle on left of picture data-portal-copyright=Collect pMartin, 44, recalled the events in November 2015: #x201C;Our wedding day was amazing but it went so quickly I can#x2019;t even remember the last thing I said to my mum. Michelle and I had no idea what had happened until the next day as Michelle#x2019;s bag had been mixed up with someone else#x2019;s./p p#x201C;We were coming down for breakfast when my cousin gave Michelle back her bag and said her phone hadn#x2019;t stopped ringing./p p#x201C;Moments before I#x2019;d been on a high. It was the day after my wedding and I was with my new wife./p p#x201C;Then Michelle handed me a phone and it was my uncle Robert, who said to me, #x2018;Your mum has been in an accident and she#x2019;s gone.#x2019;/p p#x201C;Emotion took over. It was the world#x2019;s greatest high to the worst low. It was the last thing we ever expected.#x201D;/p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949235.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_Bennie4JPG.jpg title=Drink driver Steven Bennie smashed into the back of a cab data-portal-copyright=Facebook pMum-of-two Marie and husband Jamie, 56, had posed for a picture before they left the wedding at the Lochside Hotel in Cumnock, Ayrshire, in a minibus. They were dropped off in the east side of Glasgow and they then hailed a taxi to take them home./p pThe cab was hit just after Marie entered it./p pEmergency services attended but Marie had died after she was thrown out of the vehicle./p pJamie was seriously hurt and was left devastated by the sudden loss of his wife of six years./p pDrink driver Bennie, who had no licence and was uninsured, was driving at speeds of up to 80mph and had been trying to evade police./p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949240.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/0_SPIN-STEVEN_BENNIE_2.jpg title=Steven Bennie (suit) at the High Court in Glasgow where he pleaded guilty to death by dangerous driving data-portal-copyright=Mike Gibbons/Spindrift pThe 24-year-old pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and was jailed for seven years and six months in October 2016./p pMartin said: #x201C;Bennie has ruined his own life and that of not only his family but ours./p p #x201C;When it came out in court that he had driven at#xA0; a data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/lawyer-given-10000-fine-10-2084805180mph/a , we all gasped. /p p#x201C;He hung his head, as he should have, in shame.#x201D;/p pThe couple - who live in Stewarton, Ayrshire with their six-year-old daughter Mollie - will celebrate their fourth wedding anniversary next week. But it is marred by the anniversary of Marieapos;s death./p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949239.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/1_Mary-Laurie-death-court-case.jpg title=Picture of the crash scene in November 2015 data-portal-copyright=PA pMartin said: #x201C;I can#x2019;t think about my mum without thinking about my wedding and I can#x2019;t think about my wedding without thinking about my mum#x2019;s death. My mum had so much life to live and her family miss her. It isn#x2019;t just Christmas and birthdays, it#x2019;s the everyday little things that were stolen from her and from us./p p#x201C;Mollie was only two at the time #x2013; she doesn#x2019;t remember her gran.#x201D;/p p Nursery teacher Michelle, 40, took the last picture of Marie just hours before her a data-link-tracking=InArticle|Link href=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/lawyer-given-10000-fine-10-20848051death/a . /p img src=https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article20949237.ece/ALTERNATES/s810/1_Mary-Laurie-death-court-case.jpg title=Picture of the crash scene in November 2015 data-portal-copyright=PA pShe said: #x201C;For a long time after, I questioned myself and wondered if I hadn#x2019;t stopped them for a picture, then maybe they#x2019;d have got in another taxi and Marie would still be here.#x201D;/p pDesperate to help her husband find some peace, Michelle had even contacted a psychic./p pShe said: #x201C;Martin just needed some closure and any sort of comfort./p p #x201C;One time, I ended up upset because at a reading the psychic said Marie had come through and kept saying sorry br for her death happening just after our wedding. /p p#x201C;There isn#x2019;t any final goodbye, though, and that is the biggest regret.#x201D;/p pThe husband and wife are telling their story after new figures show drink-driving cases had increased./p pAhead of the festive season, Martin said he hopes people will stop and think before getting behind the wheel after drinking./p