Thursday 31 January 2013

Corporate manslaughter charge to be brought following banana boat death | UK news | guardian.co.uk

Corporate manslaughter charge to be brought following banana boat death | UK news | guardian.co.uk: A water sports centre is to be charged with corporate manslaughter over the death of an 11-year-old girl who was hit by a speedboat.Mari-Simon Cronje died during a birthday celebration in September 2010 after she fell from a banana boat and was hit by the boat that was towing it.Princes Sporting Club in Bedfont, Middlesex, is to be charged with a health and safety offence as well as corporate manslaughter. Its director, Glen Walker, is also facing a health and safety charge, the Crown Prosecution Service said.Elizabeth Joslin, from the CPS, said: "I have carefully reviewed all of the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan police and the Hounslow environmental health department during their investigation into the tragic death of Mari-Simon Cronje.

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