Get the inside track on the big stories from Manchester courts with our weekly newsletter The former operators of Drayton Manor have been fined £1 million after a schoolgirl died on the theme park's Splash Canyon water ride.
Evha Jannath, 11, drowned when she was thrown from the ride during a school trip in May 2017. The former operators of the Staffordshire theme park were taken to court by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), which accused the park of failing to ensure the safety of guests.
Sentencing Drayton Manor Theme Parks Ltd at Stafford Crown Court today, after they admitted breaching Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act, judge Mr Justice Spencer said: “This was an utterly tragic waste of a young life.” Evha, a student
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