"Michaela Boor, 29, sustained fatal injuries when a pallet containing more than two tonnes of bricks fell from a crane at a building site on Burdett Road, Bethnal Green, on 27 March 2018. Higgins Homes Plc is accused over her death, along with Thomas Anstis, 68, of Banstead, Surrey; Stephen Coulson, 69, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire; Dawood Mann, 60, of Ashford, Kent; and Alexander McInnes, 33, of Islington, north London. At the Old Bailey, the defendants all denied gross negligence manslaughter."
"Higgins Homes was a property developer, Mr Anstis was the site manager, Mr Coulson was responsible for compiling the lifting plan for the site, Mr Mann was a crane supervisor and Mr McInnes was a crane operator, according to the prosecution. A representative of Higgins Homes entered not guilty pleas to charges of corporate manslaughter and failing to discharge its duty under the Health and Safety Act 1974."
A pallet containing more than two tonnes of bricks fell from a crane at a building site on Burdett Road, Bethnal Green, on 27 March 2018. Michaela Boor, 29, was struck as she walked with a friend after dropping her children at school and died in hospital two days later. Higgins Homes Plc faces charges of corporate manslaughter and breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. Four men — site manager Thomas Anstis, lifting-plan compiler Stephen Coulson, crane supervisor Dawood Mann and crane operator Alexander McInnes — face gross negligence manslaughter and health and safety charges. All defendants have pleaded not guilty and were granted continued bail ahead of an Old Bailey trial next October.
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