His sister said he certainly was not dealing. There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Micromuse Inc founder Chris Dawes was killed instantly along with two companions when his $1m McLaren F1 car crashed during a rain storm and exploded on Sunday.

Mrs Mulford said: "We saw this great cloud of black smoke and then flames right across the road. Please Less than half a mile from his house, Merks Hall, near Great Dunmow in Essex, they crashed. try again, the name must be unique Fortune favours the bold, and in order to get through this crisis, organisations must take decisive action. You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies try again, the name must be uniquePlease There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts The 240mph McLaren, reputedly the fastest road car on the market, left the road in Essex, UK and hit a building before exploding into a ball of flames. And Mr Kershen elicited an admission from the police that none of the eight people on Mr Dawes's list had been interviewed. continue to respect all commenters and create constructive debates. Eight grams were found during a search of his home on Alderney last Boxing Day, but he always denied they were his. "I was with him for seven days during which he bought a helicopter, a jet and a house in Amsterdam," she said. There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? {{#replies}} There were the jets, the helicopters, the pounds 650,000 McLaren Formula 1 car, Ferraris, Porsches and Aston Martins. Micromuse Inc founder Chris Dawes was killed instantly along with two companions when his $1m McLaren F1 car crashed during a rain storm and exploded on Sunday. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. "It was fortunate that no other cars were following. try again, the name must be uniquePlease {{#replies}} Independent Premium. {{#replies}} try again, the name must be uniquePlease According to Essex police, all died at the scene.

"If you had hundreds of millions of pounds, would you risk it by dealing a few grams of coke?" The other two victims were his passengers, one male and one female.The crash happened at about 1.20pm, after a heavy shower. Three bodies were found in the car on the A120 near Great Dunmow. Background Report for Chris Dawes. "Yet Mr Dawes's family were not satisfied. they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium.

In 1989, Unix was quite unknown (and almost taboo) in environments other than Financial The most insightful comments on all subjects There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Hardly surprisingly, they were. they can to create a true meeting of independent Premium. The fears came with the money that Mr Dawes made after he sold most of his shares in San Francisco-based Micromuse in February 1998, netting pounds 100m immediately and much more later. Their barrister, Lawrence Kershen QC, pointed out that one witness had passed the F1 car and seen a "fireball" in his rear-view mirror before it hit the tree. Please "He had to have whatever he wanted now, at the click of his fingers," she said. However, Constable Richard Gould, a traffic-accident investigator, said the distance would have been enough for the 600 brake horse power V12 engine to have propelled the car to ridiculous speeds. real-world solutions, and more. Police said no other vehicles were involved.Susan Mulford and her husband Leigh rushed from their home after hearing the crash. No one could get anywhere near it. "The driver of the F1, a roadgoing offshoot of the Surrey-based McLaren Formula One racing team, sits centrally at the front of the cabin, flanked by two passengers slightly behind him on either side.There were only 100 F1s built by McLaren between 1992 and 1998, and the car, which accelerates from zero to 60 in 3.2 seconds, caused a storm on its launch as safety campaigners claimed it could only be a hazard on the roads. {{#sender.isSelf}} "And if someone could prove it was 120mph, I would not be surprised. Please Once, I got a call in Sussex at 6am saying he would like to see me - the helicopter would be in my back garden in a couple of hours And it was. Medical evidence showed the three died so quickly that they did not have time to inhale any fumes or smoke. "I believe he probably took cocaine - what San Franciscan millionaire doesn't? Team Register Bio Email Chris Dawes, the computer millionaire who was killed last week in a sports car smash, drugged and raped a woman days before being arrested on drugs charges. "Enter your email to follow new comments on this article.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? You can also choose to be emailed when someone replies Reports last night, unconfirmed by the police, said the driver was Christopher Dawes, 39, an Australian-born multimillionaire and chairman of the Micromuse computer company.

The 240mph McLaren, reputedly the fastest road car on the market, left the road in Essex, UK and hit a building before exploding into a ball of flames. Dawes, founder of software company Micromuse, died when his £640,000 limited edition sports car hit a tree and burst into flames. Computer multi-millionaire Chris Dawes was killed instantly yesterday when his McLaren F1 crashed into a tree in Essex. will be published daily in dedicated articles. Micromuse Inc. was an American company based in San Francisco which provided network management software.