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image captionEvha Jannath, 11, died while on a school trip to the theme park in May 2017
A theme park in Staffordshire had a history of water ride failings before the death of an 11-year-old, a court has been told.
Evha Jannath, from Leicester, was on the Splash Canyon rapids ride at Drayton Manor on 9 May 2017 when she was propelled into the water.
Drayton Manor Park Ltd previously admitted a breach under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act.
The company is set to be sentenced on Thursday at Stafford Crown Court.
Evha, who could not swim, fell from a boat at the park in Tamworth when it hit a barrier. A jury inquest in 2019 concluded she died accidentally.
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Evha Jannath was killed at Drayton Manor in May 2017
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Evha Jannath who died at Drayton Manor Park
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