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Wessex Water has pleaded guilty to three breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act following an explosion in a silo at a Bristol treatment works in December 2020, which killed four people, including a 16-year-old apprentice. The case has been sent to Bristol Crown Court.
Otabek YusupovThe High Court of England has ordered Sheila Wills' estate to pay her daughter Bern Rogers £127,500 for 850 days of care. Earlier in the same case, Rogers was acquitted of fraud charges. Lawyers call the ruling 'hugely significant', but the estate intends to appeal the amount.
Aziz KarimovZack Kaflan, 23, has been found guilty of the murder of 21-year-old Jamie Collins, his housemate in Filton. On 8 April he lay in wait for him near the house and stabbed him more than 30 times, then failed to report it to police for eight hours. Kaflan admitted guilt during the trial at Bristol Crown Court and was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum term of 28 years.
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