Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter 02/07/99

Currents Home
Home

Articles

Gallery

Free Newsletter

Book Shop

Links

Site Map

Help Page

Search

Sound off about this item

Links

Rail crash manslaughter charges dropped
BBC Online 02 Jul 99

Southall rail crash manslaughter charges dropped
ITN 02 Jul 99

Related items

Full details of the verdicts
From our Safety Correspondent

Southall Disaster: Tragedy in West London
Danger Ahead! Special Feature

Southall: Judge declares train company prosecution unsafe
from our Safety Correspondent

Southall disaster - court date for Great Western Trains
Currents 12 Jun 99

Current

Seven days . . .
. . . web focus on rail safety and accidents in the last week

Southall: Driver & GWT not guilty of Manslaughter

from our Safety Correspondent : Friday, July 02, 1999

The driver of an high speed train that collided with a freight train has been found not guilty of manslaughter at Britain's Old Bailey today. His employer, Great Western Trains was also found not guilty after the prosecution offered no evidence.

Great Western Trains has entered a plea of guilty to a single charge brought under health and safety legislation. The company is due to be sentenced at the end of July and faces an unlimited fine. The verdicts at today's hearing were

Charges 1 - 7 against GWT of manslaughter: CPS offered no evidence and verdicts of not guilty were entered
Charge 8 against GWT of failure to work under HSWA: Guilty (to be sentenced end of July
Charges 9 -15 against the driver, Larry Harrison: CPS offered no evidence and verdicts of not guilty were entered
Charge 16 against Larry Harrison of failure to work under HSWA: not guilty owing to extenuating circumstances

The Health & Safety Executive's Inquiry will reconvene on 20th September, 2 years after the accident.

Full details of the verdicts
From our Safety Correspondent

Comment on this item...

ERN Headlines

Accidents Features 7 Days Gallery Bookshop SignalPost Newsletter Postcards Guestbook Forum Links Map Search Contact