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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Cooper

Directors and two firms found guilty after five workers killed by wall collapse

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Two company directors have been found guilty of safety failings after five agency workers at a metal recycling site were crushed to death when a 45-tonne wall collapsed.

A seven-week trial at Birmingham Crown Court was told the men died instantly while working in an area near the wall, which was holding back 263 tonnes of metal briquettes.

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