Dad of A66 Middlesbrough crash victim charged with assaulting mourner & obstructing police at own son’s funeral

THE dad of one of the A66 yobs who crashed into a police car killing two officers has been charged with attacking a mourner at his son’s funeral. The ceremony for Cole Worthy, 17, was reduced to chaos when his father Gye, 39, allegedly took exception to comments made during the service. Gye Worthy has been charged with assault after disorder broke out at the funeral for his son Credit: BackGrid Close friends Theo Rae (left) and Cole Worthy both died in the crash Credit: Facebook/Theo Rae He is accused of assaulting a mourner and of obstructing police who were called to deal with the disturbance. A source close to the family said that Worthy’s mother Natalie McConnell was left “devastated and shocked” by the disruption at her son’s funeral at Teesside Crematorium on Wednesday. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The couple separated a number of years ago and both have new partners. A spokesman for Cleveland Police said Gye Worthy will face court next month. Read more on Middlesbrough Heavy police presence at Teesside Crematorium, St Bede’s Chapel in Middlesbrough Guy Worthy was arrested on suspicion of assault at the funeral The force said: “The 39-year-old man arrested yesterday at Teesside Crematorium, following a disturbance during a service, has now been charged with common assault, public order and obstructing police. “He is due to appear before Teesside Magistrates’ Court on 2nd October.” Sarah Moloney, a friend of Ms McConnell, thanked mourners for their attendance on her behalf. In a social media post she said: “To everyone who came today for our Coley, thank you from the very bottom of our hearts. Most read in The Sun “Seeing so many faces who loved him cared for him and held him close means more than we can ever put into words, your presence your hugs your kind words and every beautiful memory you shared. “Cole was so loved and today showed us just how far that love reached.Thank you for walking this hard day with us, thank you for loving him, for remembering him and for being here for us “He will live on in all our hearts forever. Rest peacefully our beautiful Coley, we love you more than anything.” Gye Worthy, of Acklam, Middlesbrough, works as an offshore deck foreman and is the boss of his own specialist lifting company which operates on offshore platforms. The funeral of PC Blades was on the same day Credit: Getty Police officers pay their respects ahead of the funeral of PC Tom Clough Credit: NNP His semi-detached £200,000 home was rammed on August 22 shortly before his son was killed four pals and two police officers, PC Matthew Blades, 37 and PC Tom Clough, 38. Police said the five all had links to organised crime and had been trying to flee police when they drove the wrong way up the A66 into the police vehicle. The incident was blamed on a tit for tat gangland turf war over the supply of drugs on Teesside. The family announcement for Mr Worthy’s memorial read: “In loving memory of Cole, our beautiful boy taken from us on 22nd August 2022. “An adored son, brother, grandson, nephew, cousin. A loving boyfriend to Ruby and a cherished friend to many. Fly high Cole, forever 17.” The funeral was on the same day as that of PC Blades which took place in Hartlepool. Hundreds of cops lined the streets in an emotional farewell to the “superhero”. Heartbroken colleagues wiped tears from their eyes as his coffin – draped in the Union flag – was carried into a packed church. His colleague PC Clough was honoured in a separate service on Thursday. Before he joined Cleveland police he served in Iraq and Afghanistan in a bomb disposal unit and then joined British Transport Police and the Civil Nuclear Police. Colleagues revealed that PC Clough used to joke that no-one would turn up to his funeral but hundreds proved him wrong today. Schools closed early for the previous funerals of some of the other young men who died, sparking a political row, but they remained open during the ceremony for Mr Worthy. The five young men in the Passat were Michael Robert Cahill, 23, Theo Rae, 17, Cole Robert Worthy, 17, Jakub Matusiak, 23, and Makai Saddington, 18. On Monday, teens were seen hanging from car windows as they gathered for the funeral of Theo Rae, a close friend of Mr Worthy. An extra 200 specialist officers, including armed cops, were deployed to Middlesbrough from six other northern forces as the police tried to keep a lid on the escalating violence.