Construction bosses put their own family members at risk of exposure to asbestos while carrying out a contract to convert a famous department store into student flats.
Alan Barraclough and James Keegan have today both been handed suspended prison sentences after being convicted of health and safety charges arising from work to develop the former Joplings store in Sunderland City Centre.
The pair, who were both directors of Keebar Construction Ltd which won a £2.4m contract to carry out the work, were also banned from being company directors for 10 years at Newcastle Crown Court.
