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Boat Capsizes: Care Home Faces Manslaughter Charges
6 Oct
Summary
- Two wheelchair users drowned when their boat capsized on an outing.
- Burdon Grange Care Home and South West Lakes Trust charged with manslaughter.
- Incident occurred on June 8, 2022, at Roadford Lake in Devon.
A care home and a charitable trust have been charged with corporate manslaughter following a fatal boating incident on June 8, 2022. Burdon Grange Care Home and the South West Lakes Trust face charges after two wheelchair users drowned when their vessel capsized on Roadford Lake near Okehampton, Devon.
Alex Wood, 43, and Alison Tilsley, 63, died in the incident. Six people were on board the wheelchair-accessible craft at the time. The care home faces an additional charge related to employee safety under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
South West Lakes Trust is also charged with failing to ensure public safety under the same act. Police confirmed the case is scheduled for Bristol Magistrates' Court on November 11. The Crown Prosecution Service stated there was sufficient evidence to proceed with criminal proceedings.
