Name of Deceased	Date of Death	Conviction Date	Convicted Defendants	Position	Sentence
Alwyne Parkinson	Sep 2007	Apr 2008	Michael Roy	Excavator operator
Ian Gregory	Aug 2007	Apr 2008	Scott Baldwin	Lorry driver	6 years imprisonment
Robert Schenker	Mar 2006	Apr 2008	David Johnson	Builder
Eileen Murphy	Mar 2003	Mar 2008	Harjinder Mangat	Deputy matron
			Bernadette Gerrard	Nurse
Albert Rowley	Sep 2006	Feb 2008	Saeed Abbas	Bus driver	7 years imprisonment
Maeve Sheppard	Mar 2005	Nov 2007	Keran Henderson	Childminder	3 years imprisonment
Roseline Idugboe, Jeriel Okenchukwu and Jaden Chimaoba Onwegbu-Aguocha	Apr 2006	Feb 2007	Atalokhia Omo-Bare	Landlord	20 months imprisonment
Crystal Collier	Jul 2006	Sep 2006	Gary Collier	Firm owner	3 years community probation
Wayne Jowett	Feb 2001	Sep 2003	Feda Mulhem	Doctor	8 months imprisonment
Max Palmer	May 2001	Sep 2003	Paul Ellis	Teacher	1 year imprisonment
Nathan Pringle	Aug 2001	Aug 2003	Michael Kelly	Tourist Park Manager	12 months imprisonment, suspended for 2 years
Marion Dennis	Jul 1999	Oct 2003	Dennis Latham	Nursing Services Manager	2 and half years imprisonment
			Barbara Campbell	Deputy Nursing Services Manager	1 year imprisonment
Wolfram Gross	Oct 2001	May 2003	Brian D'Esterre Roberts	First Officer	1 year imprisonment
Narelle Cozens and Michael Lawrence	May 2000	Dec 2002	Barry Ramsey	Fairground Safety Inspector	18 months imprisonment

Back

Death of Alwyne Parkinson

Michael Roys, an excavator operator, pleaded guilty at Leeds Crown Court in April 2008 to Alwyne's manslaughter. Alwyne, a site worker, was fatally struck by the bucket of an extractor digger at Drax Power Station.

Alwyne was struck by a bucket that fell from the semi-automatic quick hitch on the excavator Roys was operating on September 28, 2007. Alwyne died from his injuries three days later, on October 1.

An inquest into his death was opened and adjourned on October 2.

Dale Harris, representing Roys, told the court, 'The defendant is a man of good character. I would ask for an adjournment for pre-sentence reports and make a request for a psychiatric report.'

The case was adjourned until June 27 when Roys, of Doncaster, will be sentenced. He was granted bail. Judge James Stewart QC said, 'That doesn't give any indication of what will happen to you.'

Alwyne was working on the site as a contractor for Grimsby-based building firm Clark Construction.

Death of Ian Gregory

Scott Baldwin, a lorry driver, admitted causing the death by dangerous driving of farm worker Ian Gregory on 1 August 2007 when he crashed into a tractor as he wrote sexually explicit text messages on his phone. He was jailed at Exeter Crown Court for six years and was also given a five-year driving ban.

Ian, from Launceston, Cornwall, was run over by Baldwin after being catapulted out of his cab in the crash near Cheriton Bishop, Devon.

Baldwin, who had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing, was returning to Exeter from Penzance as an agency driver in a Tesco delivery lorry.

Baldwin told the police that the sun had caught him in the eyes, he sneezed a couple of times and then the 'front of the truck exploded' and he rolled to a stop.

The court heard that Ian's tractor and trailer was travelling at about 30mph (48 km/ph) when it was struck from behind by Baldwin's lorry, which a few minutes before the accident had been travelling at about 50mph (80 km/ph).

The lorry stopped about 500m (0.3 miles) after the impact.

At an earlier hearing, the court was told Ian, whose vehicle had two flashing orange beacons on it, suffered 'unsurvivable injuries' and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Judge Cottle said, 'The circumstances of this collision establish beyond any doubt whatever the defendant was not looking at the road ahead, and he was not looking where he was going. He said he had 'no doubt the defendant was in the process of composing yet another text in similar vein to those that had gone before'.

Death of Robert Schenker

David Johnson was found guilty of Robert's manslaughter after a two-week trial at Norwich Crown Court in April 2008.

Sentencing was adjourned until May 19.

Robert died of carbon monoxide poisoning after Johnson blocked the flue leading from his kitchen boiler, jurors were told.

Prosecutors said Johnson had been 'grossly negligent'. He had allowed mortar to drop and drip into the chimney and the mortar had solidified, preventing carbon monoxide from escaping into the atmosphere. The gas had leaked into Robert's house and killed him.

Robert was found dead in bed in March 2006 - three days after Johnson started work, jurors heard.

Johnson had denied manslaughter. He was prosecuted following a joint investigation by police and health and safety inspectors.

'This has been a very difficult, complex and unusual case,' said Detective Inspector Mick Birchall. 'We hope this result will serve as a warning to other construction workers to make sure they comply with all health and safety regulations.'

Paul Hoskins, an inspector with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), added, 'Robert Schenker's tragic and wasteful death could and should have been avoided by Mr Johnson taking straightforward safety precautions.

'HSE inspectors involved in this case were appalled by the poor workmanship and failure to carry out even the most basic checks to ensure the correct operation of the flue, which directly led to the fatal incident.'

Following the prosecution the HSE issued a warning to anyone that has had work carried out by Mr Johnson.

Death of Eileen Murphy

Harjinder Mangat, a nurse and deputy matron at the Richard House Care Home in Walsall found guilty of Eileen's manslaughter at Wolverhampton Crown Court in March 2008

The court found that the defendant did nothing to help Eileen, a care home patient, who suffered an epileptic fit lasting up to two and a half hours in March 2003.

The court heard that Mangat failed to give Eileen her medication. She also failed to call an ambulance.

Another nurse, Bernadette Gerrard had previously admitted manslaughter. The pair were to be sentenced later.

Gerrard and Mangat were told about Eileen's fit but did not get help. The court heard that other carers told the pair, 'She's going blue. Help her.'

But, by mid-morning Eileen had stopped breathing, having not regained consciousness since the start of the fit.

The prosecution said she was just 'left and left' until she died.

They alleged Mangat, charged with manslaughter by gross negligence, failed in her duty of care and also as deputy matron over the way she supervised Gerrard.

West Midlands Police said it had been a complex investigation.

Kevin Hegarty, prosecuting, said Eileen died because nursing staff at the home, which was closed by government inspectors in November 2005, failed to give her the care she needed when she was found to be suffering from the fit.

Death of Albert Rowley

Albert, 82, suffered an open fracture to his leg when the double-decker bus he was a passenger in crashed. Despite seeming to make a good recovery after undergoing an operation he suddenly died in hospital almost three weeks after the crash in September 2006.

The bus driver, Saeed Abbas, crashed his double-decker because he was too tired to be behind the wheel. He had 44 passengers on board when his bus veered off the road, across a forecourt, and smashed through a stone wall. The bus ended up down a banking embedded in the garage of a house on the road into Huddersfield and 40 of his passengers were injured.

A few days before his trial started at Bradford Crown Court in December 2007, Saeed Abbas pleaded guilty to causing Albert's death by dangerous driving and two further allegations of careless driving relating to his driving of the bus that morning and was jailed for seven years.

During the hearing at Bradford Crown Court it emerged that earlier that same morning Abbas had narrowly missed hitting a bridge parapet on the Stanningley bypass when his bus was doing 47mph and packed with commuters.

Prosecutor Andrew Dallas showed the court video footage taken from the double-deck which showed the shocked faces of passengers as the vehicle veered back on to the carriageway.

Judge Christopher Prince described that near-miss as a 'rehearsal'' for the fatal crash which happened just under two hours later.

'How much greater warning can a driver possible have that he is too tired to drive than nearly crashing his vehicle into a bridge at the side of the road?'' asked the judge.

He said Abbas, who tried to blame that erratic driving on a passing motorbike, had made a conscious decision to continue his shift when he was not just tired, but extremely tired.

Mr Dallas told the court how Abbas had been seen yawning, rubbing his eyes and even reading bus timetables as he drove along. At one point he was driving one-handed for almost half-a-minute and when he picked up passengers in Brighouse he even pulled up at the wrong stop.

The court was shown video footage of Albert going on to the top deck of the bus shortly before the crash which happened when Abbas over-compensated by steering to the left after his vehicle drifted across the centre white line.

Judge Prince watched footage of the bus careering off the road and demolishing the wall before coming to a halt in a pile of rubble.

Abbas claimed that the accident had been caused by a mechanical fault with the steering, but investigators ruled out any fault with the bus.

It emerged at the trial that Abbas had started working for First Buses less than a year after passing his car driving test. Mr Dallas said the records showed that during his time as a bus driver he had been involved in four collisions.

One incident led to him getting a verbal warning and disciplinary proceedings were pending against him after he was involved in a collision 19 days before the crash.

Paul Lewis, counsel for Abbas, submitted that his client had expressed remorse for the offences, but Judge Prince said he did not accept that bearing in mind that he had lied to the police and had only entered his guilty plea a few days before his trial.

He also banned Abbas from driving for five years and told him he must pass an extended test before he can drive lawfully again.

Death of Maeve Sheppard

Keran Henderson was jailed at at Reading Crown Court in November 2007 for three years for killing an 11-month-old baby by violently shaking her in a temper. She had pleaded not guilty to the manslaughter of Maeve Sheppard.

Henderson, a mother-of-two and a former Beaver Scout leader, had been looking after Maeve when the unconscious baby was taken to hospital.

Experts said the injuries were caused by the baby's neck being violently snapped back and forth.

The jury convicted Henderson after deliberating for more than 12 hours at the end of a five-week trial.

Judge, Mr Justice Keith, told Henderson, 'Your reputation as someone who parents can confidently leave their children with has been shattered. You are going to have to live the rest of your life, with the knowledge that Maeve died in your care.'

Henderson, who ran her childminding business from her home in Iver Heath, was hired in January 2005 to look after Maeve by her parents Ruth and Mark.

Medical experts, appearing for the prosecution, told the jury the injuries Maeve suffered could only have been caused by violent shaking. Her neck ligaments were "over-extended", indicating that her neck had snapped back and forth.

Henderson, who had seven years experience as a childminder, claimed Maeve had a seizure while she was changing her nappy.

Henderson claimed the baby had been repeatedly ill, virtually from the first day she was in her care, but Maeve's parents denied this claim.

Henderson said that on 2 March, Maeve's body 'stiffened and jerked back' as she changed her nappy and the baby's eyes rolled back into her head.

Maeve was taken to hospital for treatment but her life-support machine was switched off two days later.

In the days following this, Henderson said she gave up child minding.

The Sheppards said in a statement after the trial: "We will never be able to forgive this woman for what she took away from us."

Mrs Sheppard also wrote a victim impact statement, which the judge asked her not to read out to the court for fear of further unrest in the public gallery from the Henderson's family, who reacted angrily to the jury's verdict.

In the statement, obtained after the case, Mrs Sheppard said, 'I heard Keran Henderson asked, whilst giving her evidence, if she had a chance to say goodbye to her son after her arrest in November 2006, and she replied 'yes'.

'My heart sank so heavy when I heard this, I thought and said to myself, 'At least you had the chance to say goodbye'.'

Deaths of Roseline Idugboe, Jeriel Okenchukwu and Jaden Chimaoba Onwegbu-Aguocha

In February 2007 Atalokhia Omo-Bare, a landlord and unqualified handyman who installed a faulty boiler, pleaded guilty to three counts of manslaughter at the Old Bailey.

Judge Richard Hawkins bailed Omo-Bare for sentencing on 15 March but warned him to expect a prison term.

Omo-Bare admitted killing a woman and her two young grandsons. He failed to fit an extractor pipe to the appliance at the east London home in April 2006.

Days later, Roseline Idugboe and the two brothers, aged three and 19 months, were found dead, the court heard.

Omo-Bare also admitted unlawfully wounding two others in the house, including the children's mother, and health and safety violations.

Following the deaths police had warned anyone who had appliances fitted by Omo-Bare to turn off their gas supply and contact engineers.

The public should be aware they shouldn't get boilers fitted on the cheap said
Det Sgt Shaun Plunkett.

Omo-Bare had been a family friend of Ms Idugboe for more than 20 years and fitted the boiler as a favour to her.

He was even looked on as a father by her two young sons.

Ms Idugboe later wrote to the court saying she had forgiven Omo-Bare for not warning her about the faulty boiler and called for him not to be jailed.

It was Omo-Bare who found the bodies of the children, three-year-old Jeriel Okenchukwu Onwegbu-Aguocha and Jaden Chimaoba Onwegbu-Aguocha, 18 months, at the home in Barking.

Judge Peter Rook told Omo-Bare, who is originally from Nigeria, 'This is a truly tragic case. You acknowledge that by attempting to help someone, you caused a tragic accident and you are haunted by the fact that your actions have led to the premature deaths of these two young boys.

'You have been completely distraught and devastated by what you have done.

'You were like a father to the children who died. You are a very kind, caring and supportive man, I have no doubt whatsoever.'

In March 2007 Atalokhia Omo-Bare was jailed for 20 months.

Death of Crystal Collier

Two-year-old Crystal was killed when a 11-year-old boy under the supervision of her father Gary Collier ran over her with a lorry.

Gary Collier had been looking over both children in July 2005 when the boy got into a lorry at Collier's waste management and demolition business in Feltham and knocked Crystal over.

Collier admitted manslaughter by gross negligence and was remanded on bail until October 19 for sentence. Judge Paul Focke warned him that all sentencing options remained open.

Outside court, Detective Inspector Colin Welsh of the Child Protection Command Major Investigation Team said the case was 'tragic and ironic'.

He said, 'Collier clearly failed to comply with the law. Despite numerous warnings and through his irresponsibility and reckless behaviour, he has lost his daughter who he really loved.'

Mr Welsh added, 'The mother is extremely upset about the death. She will never come to terms with the way she lost her daughter.'

In November 2006 Gary Collier was given a three-year community probation order on condition that he receives treatment from his local mental health team.

Judge David Paget told Collier, 'I'm not going to pass a prison sentence. I accept it took courage for you to plead guilty and I accept the real punishment is the loss of your child Crystal, which I have no doubt is a life sentence.'

Judge Paget said Collier went to Crystal's grave every day, adding, 'From the time the cemetery opens to sunset, leaving only to buy flowers or to eat. You have lost interest in your business. It is there only to generate enough income to buy flowers and just existing.'

He added, 'Eventually, you will have to move on and you will have to live with it. I do not under-estimate how difficult it will be.'

Death of Wayne Jowett

Wayne died one month after vincristine was injected into his spine which should have gone into a vein, a jury heard. Vincristine is highly toxic when inserted into the spine.The junior doctor who administered the drug had twice warned Feda Mulhem that this was the wrong injection. The defence had argued that there had been around 40 failures in hospital procedures.

Back

Death of Max Palmer

Max, a pupil at Shakespear Primary School died when he was swept away in a small flooded river near Glenridding in Cumbria whilst on a school trip. He was accompanying his mother - a training assistant at Fleetwood High School - at the time.

Back

Death of Nathan Pringle

Michael Kelly, the manager of the Newperran Tourist Park new Newquay in Cornwall, we convicted of the manslaughter of Nathan at Exeter Crown Court in Aug 2003. Nathan died when he fell into a cesspit while on a family holiday. The judge said when passing sentence, "I bear in mind that this field was not meant to be used. It was not technically part of the site, it had a barbed wire fence and gate, but you should have known that people still used the field." Michael Kelly was sentenced to a suspended one year prison sentenced. The Trevella Caravan Company Ltd, which owned the site, its director, Alan Freear, were also convicted of a health and safety offence. The company was fined £15,000 and the director was fined £12,000.

Back

Death of Wolfram Gross

See file:///websitedocs/Deaths/sussex.html for details.

Back

Death of Marion Dennis in July 1999

Marion Dennis died in Juyly 1999 from Sceticemia resulting from pressure sores the 'size of a fist' that developed while she was a resident at Ballastowell Gardens nursing home in Ramsey. Dennis Latham was the nursing Services Manager at the home at the time of the death and Barbara Campbell was his deputy. Medical experts gave evidence confirming that when she was admitted to hospital from the nursing home she had infected ulcers more commonly known as pressure sores, that had penetrated to the bone. She died several days after being admitted to the hospital.

In February 2003 Dennis Latham and Barbara Campbell were jailed for Marion's manslaughter. Latham was jailed for two-and-a-half years and Campbell was sentenced to 12 months.

Death of Narelle Cozens and Michael Lawrence in May 2000

Barry Ramsey was convicted and received an 18 months sentence of imprisonment for the manslaughter of Narelle Cozens and Michael Lawrence who were killed when when a car on a ride broke free. Three weeks earlier Mr Ramsey had issued a safety certificate on the ride

Back