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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Donna Ferguson and agency

Beach trampoline operator jailed over death of girl, 3, in explosion

Ava-May Littleboy
Ava-May Littleboy was thrown ‘height of a house’ when an inflatable burst in Norfolk in 2018. Photograph: Norfolk Constabulary/PA

The owner of an inflatable trampoline which killed a three-year-old girl when it burst, throwing the toddler up to 40ft in the air, has been jailed for six months for health and safety offences.

According to witnesses, Ava-May Littleboy was thrown “the height of a house” when the inflatable trampoline she was on, which “had no safety valve”, exploded in July 2018, Chelmsford magistrates court heard.

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