Verstehen
Care home and charity charged with corporate manslaughter over Roadford Lake boat deaths
Überblick
Burdon Grange Care Home and the South West Lakes Trust have been charged with corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences after a wheelchair-accessible boat capsized on Roadford Lake in Devon on 8 June 2022, resulting in the deaths of Alex Wood and Alison Tilsley.
Wichtige Punkte
- Burdon Grange Care Home and South West Lakes Trust face charges of corporate manslaughter and Health and Safety at Work Act offences.
- The incident occurred on 8 June 2022 when a 'wheelyboat' designed for wheelchair users capsized on Roadford Lake near Okehampton, Devon.
- Alex Wood, 43, and Alison Tilsley, 63, died in the incident, and a woman in her 50s sustained serious injuries.
- Six people entered the water when the leaking boat capsized during a day trip.
