Banstead

Appledorn fined £500,000 after trench collapse kills Banstead site manager

A Old Bailey judge imposed a £500,000 penalty on Appledorn Developments and a £650,000 fine plus £40,000 costs on T Vaughan Limited after a trench collapse on 24 June 2020 killed site manager Gheorghita Arsene. Contracts manager Anthony O’Connor got a suspended sentence and unpaid work.