He drank tequila in the morning and killed a 'sweetheart of a man' that afternoon 10 Dec, 2020 04:30 PM 4 minutes to read Michael Gardyne, 35, had been drinking tequila on the morning he got the behind the wheel of his jeep and collided with Geoff Pearson, who died at the scene. Photograph / NZME Michael Gardyne, 35, had been drinking tequila on the morning he got the behind the wheel of his jeep and collided with Geoff Pearson, who died at the scene. Photograph / NZME Northern Advocate The grieving widow of a Whangārei business owner killed by a drunk driver has urged her husband's killer t...