The landlord of Pontins vacation parks has been charged with company manslaughter after a grandmother died following a ceiling cave in at a hotel.
Eighteen folks had been injured at Pontins Brean Sands in Somerset when a piece of ducting fell in February 2019.
Wendy Jones, 68, used to be a kind of harm and died in sanatorium six months later.
Pontins’ guardian corporate, Britannia Jinky Jersey Ltd, will seem in courtroom subsequent month charged with company manslaughter.
Stephen Bennison, 58, of Farington, Lancashire, has been charged with failing to discharge common well being/protection responsibility to an individual rather than an worker beneath Phase 3 of the Well being and Protection at Paintings Act 1974.
Symbol: Pontins Brean Sands. Pic: PA
On the time of the incident, Devon and Somerset Hearth and Rescue Carrier stated round 40m of structural ducting and ceiling sections collapsed, exposing are living broken electrics.
The fees accepted by means of the Crown Prosecution Carrier (CPS) practice a joint investigation by means of Avon and Somerset Police and Somerset Council.
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Detective Superintendent Roger Doxsey, senior investigating officer, stated: “Firstly our ideas are with the circle of relatives of Wendy Jones. Now we have up to date them of the CPS’ charging selections.
“This has been a posh investigation and we are thankful for the improve of Somerset Council and different companions to achieve this degree.
“We want to remind the general public that each defendant in the United Kingdom is allowed to an even trial.
“No statement, fabrics or main points must be printed that would prejudice this courtroom procedure whilst lawsuits are ongoing.”
The defendants are because of seem at Bristol Magistrates’ Courtroom on Tuesday 6 Would possibly.
