Staffordshire Council in guilty plea on asbestos at school � Express & Star: Staffordshire County Council is facing a hefty fine after admitting liability when dangerous asbestos fibres were released into a primary school.
Glenthorne Primary School in Cheslyn Hay was closed for four months as a result in 2009, costing taxpayers £246,000. Lawyers for the local authority yesterday entered a guilty plea to a health and safety charge brought over the asbestos alert. They admitted failing to ensure persons not in its employment were not exposed to risks.Sub-contractor Mr Ian Turner was listed as one of the people put at risk.
Rugeley building firm G Evans (Services) Ltd admitted a similar charge and another of failing to ensure the safety of employee Mr Lawrence Hollins.No details of the offences were given by Mr Timothy Green, prosecuting for the Health and Safety Executive at Stafford Crown Court.
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