Death

2023 - 3 - 13

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Man on trial over death of teenager Wesley Ballantine, who fell to his ... (ABC News)

A man charged over the death of a teenager at a worksite in Perth has gone on trial, arguing worker safety was not his responsibility.

He told the court he was happy to do design work for ICS but "wanted nothing to do with fabrication, or running of staff or installation". The court was told Mr Corderoy and Mr Forsyth were both working at the site at the time of the tragedy. Wesley Ballantine, who was employed to do labouring and clean-up work, was on top of the atrium near Mr Corderoy when he fell 12 metres. Ms Hollaway said there was nothing for workers to "hook on to" and there were inadequate safety measures in place. Ms Hollaway said Mr Corderoy made a lot of decisions and had authority to act on behalf of the company. It is alleged Luke Fraser Corderoy was a director of Industrial Construction Services (ICS) which was contracted to do the work at the H&M site in Forrest Place in 2017.

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Guilty plea over death (Otago Daily Times)

A bouquet of flowers adorns a fencepost next to the Silverstream Valley Rd, Whare Flat, ford where Sarah Shirley died on July 12 last year.

The defendant also pleaded guilty to burglary and intimidation and was bailed until his sentencing date in June. Harvey had recently bought a 4WD and was keen to test the new truck, so after the friend arrived, the three headed south from Dunedin in the dark and rain. The two men escaped but Ms Shirley was trapped and they were unable to get to her.

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Sagar Bhatti: Mystery over death of man lying in road - coroner (BBC News)

A drunk man who was run over by two cars may have stumbled or been punched, an inquest hears.

"How Sagar came to be lying in the road cannot be ascertained," the coroner concluded. he did have a substantial quantity of alcohol in his body - 3.8 times the drink-drive limit - and was incapable of getting to his feet. A pathologist found an "insignificant injury" on Mr Bhatti that might have come from a punch and "was not relevant to the death", Mr Pegg said. Someone else put him there. "You cannot miss a 6ft man in the road with white trainers," the woman, who declined to be named, later added. A man whose death led to a manslaughter trial was fatally struck by two cars while lying in a road at night too drunk to get up, a coroner has said.

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Driver admits careless use of car caused death of Wellington ... (Stuff.co.nz)

The owner of several Toy World stores has pleaded guilty to causing the death of an elderly pedestrian in Thorndon last year. Rachael Mary Davin​, 76, ...

* She died on September 12 in Wellington Hospital.

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