Trio deny charges relating to Bosley Mill tragedy
3 Dec 2019
A company director and two managers have denied charges in court relating to the deaths of four employees in the Bosley Mill explosion.
Wood Treatment Limited, at Wood Flour Mills in Tunstall Road, is facing four charges of corporate manslaughter and one charge under section 2 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act.
George Boden, 64, from Stockport, was charged with four counts of manslaughter by gross negligence and one charge under section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act (in relation to the Section 2 charge against the company).
Phillip Smith, 58, from Macclesfield, was charged under section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act (in relation to the HSWA Section 2 charge against the company).
Peter Shingler, 56, from Bosley, was charged under section 37(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act (in relation to the HSWA Section 2 charge against the company).
All three were bailed and will appear at Chester Crown Court on 3 January next year
The charges relate to an explosion at the mill on the morning of 17 July 2015 in which Derek Moore, 62, Dorothy Bailey, 62, Jason Shingler, 38, and Will Barks, 51, died.
