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Bristol Post
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Geoffrey Bennett

Glazing firm boss cleared of killing dad who suffered fatal fall at Cribbs Causeway

A glazing firm boss charged with killing his father who died in a fall at Cribbs Causeway has been cleared of manslaughter.

A jury at Bristol Crown Court was told Arthur Harbutt (known as Archie), 78, fell backwards from a scaffolding platform when helping to manhandle a glass panel to an upper level of a Go Outdoors shop being refurbished.

He landed on a concrete floor and suffered unsurvivable head injuries in March 2018, the court heard.

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