Firm Fined £25,000; Manager Escapes Manslaughter Charges

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A roofing company has been ordered to pay a total of £25,000 in fines and costs after admitting breaches of health and safety regulations that led to the death of a worker.

The firm's contracts manager, Alan Swift, was ordered to pay a total of £12,500. Manslaughter charges were dropped after he agreed to plead guilty to safety offences.

Maidstone Crown Court heard how an experienced tiler, Alan Mannerings, died from head injuries a week after falling from scaffolding at a house in Maidst... (75 more words)

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