Beckingham manslaughter case: jury retires

The jury has now retired in order to reach a verdict in the trial of council-employed architect Gillian Beckingham.

Beckingham is facing seven counts of manslaughter and one health and safety offence over the deaths of seven people following a Legionnaires’ Disease outbreak in 2002. The outbreak started after deadly bacteria sprayed from Barrow Council’s Forum 28 building’s air conditioning system.

Mr Justice Burnton, concluded his judge’s summing up today (27 Ju... (134 more words)

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