A pub owner has been jailed for nine years for the manslaughter of a seven-year-old boy who was electrocuted while playing in the beer garden.
Harvey Tyrrell suffered a fatal shock at the King Harold in Romford, east London, when he touched poorly-installed outdoor lights on the afternoon of September 11 2018.
The pub s owner David Bearman, 73, of Hornchurch, Essex, was sentenced to nine years imprisonment at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Thursday after previously pleading guilty to gross negligence manslaughter.
Judge Martyn Zeidman QC said: This pub was a disgrace. And as has been said sums it up, in my view, a timebomb waiting to go off.
Colin Naylor arriving at Snaresbrook Court.
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A pub landlord and an electrician have both been jailed following the death of seven-year-old Harvey Tyrrell at a Harold Wood pub.
David Bearman and Colin Naylor were sentenced to nine years and 12 months in prison respectively following a hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court today (Thursday, April 15).
Schoolboy Harvey was electrocuted and killed after grasping a metal railing while sitting on a defective garden light at the King Harold pub in Station Road on September 11, 2018.
Naylor, of Hockley Road, Rayleigh, installed the garden lights while brother-in-law Bearman was the pub landlord.
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image captionHarvey Tyrrell died in September 2018 from electrocution
A pub owner has been jailed after admitting responsibility for the death of a seven-year-old boy who was electrocuted in a beer garden.
David Bearman, 73, pleaded guilty to Harvey s manslaughter and to stealing electricity from an unmetered supply.
He was sentenced at Snaresbrook Crown Court to nine years in prison.
The electrician who installed the lighting, Bearman s brother-in-law Colin Naylor, was jailed for a year after being found guilty of failing to discharge a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
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image captionAn investigation found 12 defects at the King Harold which posed a risk of injury including electric shock