16/03/2006
Boss found guilty over Tebay rail deaths
A rail boss has been found guilty of the manslaughter of four rail workers at Tebay in Cumbria two years ago.
Mark Connolly, 44, from Anglesey, North Wales, was found guilty of four counts of manslaughter and three counts of breaching health and safety laws at Newcastle Crown Court.
Colin Buckley, 49, of Carnforth, Lancashire; Darren Burgess, 30, also of Carnforth; Chris Waters, 53, of Morecambe, Lancashire; and Gary Tindall, 46, of Tebay were killed when a wagon hit them while they were working on the West Coast Main Line in February 2004.
The wagon, which was carrying 16 tonnes of steel rail track, had no functioning brakes.
One of Mr Connolly's employees, twenty-nine-year-old Roy Kennett was also convicted of one court of breaching health and safety laws. The jury has still to decide on four counts of manslaughter against Mr Kennett.
Both Mr Connolly and Mr Kennett had denied the charges against them.
(KMcA/GB)
Mark Connolly, 44, from Anglesey, North Wales, was found guilty of four counts of manslaughter and three counts of breaching health and safety laws at Newcastle Crown Court.
Colin Buckley, 49, of Carnforth, Lancashire; Darren Burgess, 30, also of Carnforth; Chris Waters, 53, of Morecambe, Lancashire; and Gary Tindall, 46, of Tebay were killed when a wagon hit them while they were working on the West Coast Main Line in February 2004.
The wagon, which was carrying 16 tonnes of steel rail track, had no functioning brakes.
One of Mr Connolly's employees, twenty-nine-year-old Roy Kennett was also convicted of one court of breaching health and safety laws. The jury has still to decide on four counts of manslaughter against Mr Kennett.
Both Mr Connolly and Mr Kennett had denied the charges against them.
(KMcA/GB)
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