Charges over firefighter deaths

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Three Warwickshire fire service managers will face charges of manslaughter by gross negligence for the deaths of four firefighters.

Ian Reid, John Averis, Ashley Stephens and Darren Yates-Badley died in a warehouse fire in Atherstone-on-Stour in November 2007.

Warwickshire County Council will also face a charge of failing to ensure the health and safety at work of its employees.

The defendants will appear at Leamington Spa Magistrates’ Court on 1 April.

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