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FURTHER DETAILS OF DEATHS Barry Savage
Barry, a maintenance engineer at the bakery, fell from a platform while unjamming a bread cooling machine. The fall resulted in brain haemorrhage and Barry died 12 hours later in hospital. The inquest was held at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court on 22 June 2002. Colin Littleford, who was acting as supervisor at the time of the incident, said the way Barry was attempting to unjam the machine was common practice. Health and Safety Inspector Edward Pascoe told the inquest this particular method of unjamming the machine was not formal company procedure and was something the engineers had come up with themselves. The company had since been ordered to stop the practice and to conduct a risk assessment. A verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned. Afterwards Jayne Savage, Barry's widow, said, 'We accept this was a sad accident but it was an accident that could have been prevented.' On 29 July 2005 Fine Lady Bakeries Ltd were fined £150,000 at Oxford Crown Court for breaches of health and safety legislation and ordered to pay £26,054 in costs. The company had pleaded guilty to breaching Section 2(1) Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 at an earlier hearing. Matthew Lee, HM Inspector of Safety and Health, said, 'Maintenance activities cause a considerable number of serious and fatal incidents each year and companies should ensure that such activities are adequately planned and safe work practices are established.'
Terry Lloyd
Terry, an independant journalist, working in Iraq to cover the 2nd Gulf War was shot dead. Terry, not 'embedded' with the armies of USA and UK, was reporting independently from the desert when he was killed in a cross-fire. Terry's interpreter Hussein Osman was also killed and his cameraman Fred Nerac is missing, believed dead, following the shooting near Basra. The inquest was held at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court in October 2006 and returned a verdict of 'Unlawful Killing'. In February 2007 Scotland Yard's war crimes unit launched an investigation into Terry's killing. An official inquiry by detectives got under way into how Terry died from a bullet fired into the back of a makeshift civilian ambulance by American marines. Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Crimes Against Humanity team are looking to send officers to the US. It also emerged that British authorities had obtained the identities of the men responsible for the killing - a major breakthrough following the Pentagon's refusal to sanction the release of their names. The US authorities refused to pass on their details to the Coroner during the inquest. Louis Charalambous, solicitor for Lloyd's widow Lynn, said, 'The US authorities have told us who they are and now we need to find out whether they will allow us to interview the soldiers.' The names of 16 US marines who were present when Terry was unlawfully killed in southern Iraq were revealed by his employer ITN in March 2007. ITN said that one of the named men 'almost certainly' fired the shot that killed him. The marines were cleared by an internal American inquiry but the Coroner called on the attorney general to extradite the soldiers involved in the case, a call backed by the families of Terry and Fred Nerac. Fred Nerac's body was never found and his widow wants the marines to tell her what happened to her husband. Fabienne Nerac told ITN, 'Today we still have no certainty about what happened so I want them to know that and to help us, the family.' As a tribute to Terry, Hussein and Fred, and other journalists who have died in war zones, ITN is campaigning for a specific international crime of killing a journalist. The company argues that it would help to deter soldiers from killing journalists and emphasise the unique role played by war correspondents. The new law could be included in the Rome statute of 1998, which set up the international criminal court. Paul McLaughlin, broadcasting organiser of the National Union of Journalists, said, 'We welcome the move to put the names in the public domain. It's an important step forwards as we seek to bring Terry Lloyd's killers to justice.' He added, 'The targeting of journalists must be recognised as a crime internationally. Unfortunately thus far the US has shown contempt for the British justice system. The British government must insist that the US co-operate by extraditing the soldiers involved in this case.'
Paul Warburton
Paul, an award-winning farmer, died when he was run over by his own combine harvester while working on his farm near Wallingford Paul and worker Raymond Morris were stood with their backs to the vehicle when it rolled and Paul was run over. The inquest was held at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court in 18 October 2005 when a verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned. Mr Morris, who had been driving the machine, told the jury he had put the hand brake on. The pair had got out of the combine harvester to remove debris caught up in the machinery, the inquest heard. Mr Morris was able to jump out the way when it began to roll down a hill towards them, but a wheel trapped Paul. He was airlifted to the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford but despite several attempts to revive him, he died of internal bleeding. When Mr Morris jumped back in the machine as it continued to roll down the hill, the hand brake was still on, he told jurors. Health and Safety inspector, Roger Upfold, said the rachet mechanism in the parking brake was worn to the point that, 'I would not want to rely on it but that was not obvious before the machine was dismantled. This is getting close to what we might call a "real accident" as opposed to other accidents we might investigate where there is some question of omission or commission,' he said. Paul had written a column for Farmers Weekly magazine for the past 16 years and won the 2004 Farming for Wildlife award, put up by the South East Regional National Farmers' Union and English Nature, for his work advocating environmentally-sensitive farming.
Peter Taylor
Peter was killed when slabs of granite fell from a lorry which was being unloaded at Waterstock Farm. A 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. The inquest was held at Oxfordshire Coroner’s Court in 18 April 2007 when a verdict of 'Accidental Death' was returned.
Daniel Wright
Daniel, a captain in 18 UK Special Forces Regiment, died while training with the SAS at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire. Daniel who had served in Afghanistan fell to the ground when his parachute failed to open and was killed instantly. The inquest was due to start at Oxford Coroner's Court in November 2007 but had to be delayed because of the ill-health of coroner Andrew Walker. The week-long inquest is scheduled to take place from March 10 2008. An army board of inquiry report into the incident which interviewed more than 50 witnesses concluded Daniel's parachute got stuck in the sleeve of his backpack. Despite making a raft of wide-ranging recommendations, from improvements to training and parachute checking procedures to an overhaul of 'inadequate' medical equipment and emergency first aid training, the inquiry concluded there were procedural or training failures contributing to Daniel's death. Daniel's mother, Carol Wright, said she hopes the inquest will provide more answers as to how such an incident could occur. She said the delay had in fact been helpful to the family. 'We will be represented by a close family member and it's given them a chance to study the case closely,' she said. 'We've been carrying out our own enquiries regarding the equipment and it's also given us more time to do this. What we want is for no stone to be left unturned and every possible avenue to be explored so we can find some resolution." Carol Wright and her husband Irwin believe the use of two-way radio equipment could help in emergency situations but the army has ruled this out.
Sean Tansey
Sean, a lance corporal of the Household Cavalry Regiment, was killed as he repaired a damaged Scimitar tank at a base in near Sangin, in Afghanistan's Helmand province. The Ministry of Defence said Sean was an 'outstanding' gunner and driving and maintenance instructor and the troop leader's operator. The inquest will be held at Oxford Coroner's Court on a date yet to be set.
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