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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Charlotte Graham-McLay

Volcano owner has conviction quashed over eruption that killed 22 people

A New Zealand judge has overturned the criminal conviction of the owner of an island volcano where 22 people died in an eruption.

The ruling has absolved the company, Whakaari Management, from paying millions of pounds in restitutions to the families of those who died and the two dozen survivors who were seriously injured.

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