Health and Safety Law 2024 (October 2024)
Hawkeswood Metal Recycling Ltd, who controlled the site before the collapse and constructed the wall, and Shredmet Ltd, and the then directors of both companies, Wayne Hawkeswood and Graham Woodhouse, were charged with offences contrary to sections 2, 3 and 37 of the HSWA. Both men were jailed for nine months and their companies were fined £1.6 million in total. The judge also ordered £775,000 to be paid in prosecution costs.
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