By Eleanor Barlow, PA
From left, Wood Flour Mill owner George Boden, company manager Philip Smith and company manager Peter Shingler. Pictures: Press Association. A JURY has been sworn in for the trial of a Cheshire mill owner charged with the manslaughter of four employees who died in an explosion. Director of Wood Treatment Limited George Boden, 64, appeared at the Nightingale court at Chester Town Hall on Wednesday along with managers Philip Smith, 58, and Peter Shingler, 56, who are both charged with a health and safety offence. The three men, as well as Wood Treatment Limited, are charged in relation to the explosion at the mill in Bosley, Cheshire, on July 17, 2015, which killed Dorothy Bailey, 62, Derek Barks (known as William), 51, Derek Moore, 62, and Jason Shingler, 38.
George Boden, 64, has been accused of gross negligence manslaughter after a fire at the Bosley Mill in Cheshire in 2015 led to explosion that killed four people
Gary Brough pleaded guilty to driving while over the limit for drugs (Image: Stoke Sentinel)
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Motorist Gary Brough was caught driving while over the limit for drugs after taking cocaine.
A SOUTHAMPTON man died after jumping from the Itchen Bridge, an inquest opening heard. Aled Roberts was recovered from the River Itchen on December 8, this year, and taken to Southampton General Hospital.
Winchester Coroner’s Court heard that the Tunstall Road resident was treated but he pronounced dead the same day. Opening the inquest, area coroner Jason Pegg said that the 44-year-old was witnessed jumping from the Itchen Bridge. A post mortem conducted pathologist Dr Sanjay Jogai found that Mr Roberts died of cardiac arrest following the fall from height. Mr Pegg adjourned the hearing and full inquest will take place on September 2, 2021.
Dangerous driver Ian Martin
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Motorist Ian Martin rammed a police car after a five-mile chase to leave an officer screaming in pain .