Train driver's manslaughter conviction quashed

A train driver convicted of manslaughter after he admitted he had passed a red signal has had his conviction quashed – 17 years after the ruling.

Bob Morgan was convicted of two counts of manslaughter on 3 September 1990. He was sentenced to 18 months in jail, of which 12 were suspended, after he had admitted passing signal T168 while it was red; an event which contributed to the Purley train crash of 4 March 1989.

However, the original conviction had not taken into proper account th... (389 more words)

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