Peter Smith secures Not Guilty verdicts following a 3 - week trial at Chester Crown Court

Peter Smith secures Not Guilty verdicts following a 3 - week trial at Chester Crown Court

Peter defended R, a General Manager at an Amusement / Trampoline Park, where over a period of 7 weeks from opening, some 270 injuries were sustained on one piece of equipment, known as the Tower Jump.

Eleven of the injuries included serious spinal damage with 4 of the individuals requiring surgery.

R was charged with two section 37(1) offences pursuant to the 1974 Act. His co-accused were two directors who pleaded guilty on the first day of trial to one count each under the same provisions.

Peter was instructed by Chris Green of Keoghs.