Inadequate post and boundary fencing near Musselburgh NETWORK Rail has been fined £135,000 after admitting health and safety breaches that led to a 13-year-old boy suffering serious injuries from an electric shock. The teenager was injured after he had gained access to a railway track and climbed onto the roof of a stationary train near Musselburgh in 2016. The boy and two friends had managed to reach the track after climbing over fencing that was subsequently found to be of an inappropriate type, of insufficient height and poorly maintained . He came close to the 25,000-volt overhead cable and received an electric shock that caused serious burns.
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Joshua George was given unpaid work for luring the victim to the Dundas Castle estate and beating him up
George assaulted the victim and robbed him of his mobile phone
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