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THE father of the man acquitted of culpable driving after a road smash that killed six teenagers has made an extraordinary rant against the victims this morning, saying they had "no respect for the law".

Thomas Towle`s father Graham railed against those he claimed were demonising his son, including the parents of the those killed in the crash, for which his son was found guilty of dangerous driving but cleared of the more serious charges.

"Those parents said Tom had no respect for the law. If you take the emotion out of it, those teenagers had no respect for the law."

"They`re single parents . . . those kids tend to be more disruptive. I know more about those kids than you do.

"I`m suffering loss and grief, same as (those parents) are," he said on Melbourne radio 3AW.

He went on to rant about the issue of teenage drunkenness, and "bottle shops that sold grog openly".

"There`s not too many teenagers on grog that have much respect for the law," he said.

Mr Towle also expressed anger that the "mates" of the victims who had been "crying at the funerals" had staged parties in the weeks after the deaths.

Mr Towle said that it was "very hurtful" for him to see his son "on front pages as an ogre".

When it was suggested that his son could face a long stint in jail, Mr Towle said he`d be "very, very surprised".

"This isn`t America. We don`t sentence people to multiple years in jail. The judge knows more about this case than you or I do, he`s not stupid."

A distraught Karen Hirst, aunt of Abbey and Shane Hirst, responded. “I cannot believe what that man has just said, it has just dumbfounded me," Ms Hirst said.

“For one, Abbey and Shane, and I’ve seen the toxicology reports, did not have any alcohol in their systems.

"They weren’t walking all over the road. What he said is just disgraceful.”

Ms Hirst said she could understand Mr Towle`s loyalty to his son, but she said he needed to open his eyes in regards to his son’s behaviour.

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