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Bristol Post
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Geoffrey Bennett

Boss fined after Cribbs Causeway scaffolding fall that claimed his dad's life

A glazing firm boss has been fined after his father died in a fall outside a Cribbs Causeway shop.

A jury at Bristol Crown Court was told Arthur Harbutt, 78, fell backwards from a scaffolding platform when helping to take a glass panel to an upper level of a Go Outdoors shop during refurbishment.

The court heard how Mr Harbutt, known as Archie, landed on a concrete floor and suffered unsurvivable head injuries in March 2018.

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