Railtrack Escapes Manslaughter Charges

Railtrack looks set to escape corporate manslaughter charges for its role in the Paddington Rail crash, despite large amounts of public and political pressure on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The CPS has today announced its opinion that there is not enough evidence to secure a prosecution.The CPS was concerned with the offence of manslaughter by gross negligence. In order to convict a person of this offence, four things have to be proved. First, that the defendant owed the deceased a d... (213 more words)

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