Directors found not guilty of corporate manslaughter

The directors of a scrap metal merchants have been found not guilty of the common law offence of corporate manslaughter following the investigation into an explosion that killed a worker.

Emergency services were called to the Reliance Scrap Metal Merchants (Parkstone) Ltd premises in Nuffield Road, Poole, on 9 May 2005 following an explosion and fire that occurred while gas cylinders were being cut up manually with an industrial cutter.

One of the cylinders, an acetylene cylinder, exploded... (343 more words)

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