MANSLAUGHTER charges may be brought against a company after three men died in an outbreak died of legionnaire’ disease in Stoke-on-Trent.
Richard Griffin, of Westbury Park, 79-year-old William Hammersley, of Chesterton and Harry Cadman, aged 71, of Stoke-on-Trent, all died after being struck down with the disease which was linked to Fenton discount warehouse JTF.
A further 18 people needed hospital treatment following the outbreak of summer 2012
Now evidence gathered by Stoke-on-Trent City Council for a health and safety prosecution against the company has been passed onto Staffordshire Police.
Source: Stoke Sentinel
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