Corporate Manslaughter
A UK company has denied unlawfully killing a worker in the first prosecution of a business for corporate manslaughter under new laws.
The Company denies unlawfully killing an employee when the trench he was working in collapsed as he took soil samples.
Rescue workers took two days to recover his body from under several tonnes of mud and a post-mortem examination showed the employee died from traumatic asphyxia.
The prosecution took place under the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007, that came into force in April 2008.
The penalty under the legislation is an unlimited fine, if found guilty.
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This article was added on 15-04-2011
