Reading Topshop: Companies in court over Kaden Reddick death
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Boy, 10, killed when 240lb sign fell on him in Topshop
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Boy, 10, crushed to death by 240lb Topshop sign as family take company to court
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13:31 EDT, 15 December 2020
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The troubled Arcadia Group and Topshop/Topman appeared before a judge today accused of allowing the death of a 10-year-old boy in one of their stores through unsafe practices.
The court heard how the retail empire owned by Sir Philip Green and its child company, which plunged into administration at the end of last month, could be unrepresented at a trial where they faced a potentially huge fine if convicted.
Prosecutors told how, even though the case concerned the death of a child, the local council which was pursuing the case would have to consider whether it was worth continuing in light of the collapse of the multinational group, which included Burton and Dorothy Perkins stores.