Four deny charges over death of lawyer Amanda Telfer, killed by falling window frame

Killed: Amanda Telfer
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Hannah Al-Othman6 April 2016
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Four people have denied charges over the death of a lawyer crushed by a half-tonne window frame.

Media law specialist Amanda Telfer, 44, was killed after the wooden frame, which had been propped up against a wall at a building site, pinned her to the ground in Hanover Street, Mayfair as she walked to work in August 2012.

Bystanders and paramedics tried to resuscitate her, but Telfer, from Bermondsey, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ms Telfer, who volunteered for legal charity Reprieve, had been on her way to work at Keystone Law in Davies Street, near Oxford Street, when she died.

Four individuals pleaded not guilty to charges of manslaughter by gross negligence and breaching general duty at work.

Damian Lakin-Hall, 48, from Surrey, Claire Gordon, 35, from Leeds, Kelvin Adsett from Slough, and Steve Rogers from Sawbridgeworth, all denied the charges against them when they appeared at the Old Bailey on April 1.

Slough-based I S Europe Ltd, Westgreen Construction Ltd, in Richmond, and Leeds company Drawn Metal Ltd also face charges of breaching general duty of care to a non-employee.

The charges were brought following an investigation into Ms Telfer’s death by the Met Police’s Homicide and Major Crime Command and the Health & Safety Executive.

A trial at the Old Bailey is due to begin on January 31 next year.

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