Inquest into death of Radiohead drum tech Scott Johnson begins GlobeArts
Ministry of Labour inspectors pore over the collapsed stage at Downsview Park. Scott Johnson was killed when the stage collapsed prior to a Radiohead concert, June 17, 2012.A few weeks past 40 years to the day that Scott Johnson came into the world, his father, Ken, sat in an Ontario courtroom, relaying as best he could to a full house of lawyers, journalists, Ontario’s Chief Coroner and the coroner’s inquest jury just what kind of man his only son had been.
In 2013, Mr. Johnson attended the criminal trial. Five years later, an Ontario judge stayed 10 charges under the provincial Occupational Health and Safety Act against the show’s promoter, Live Nation, engineer Domenic Cugliari and contractor Optex Staging, citing the Jordan ruling – a 2016 Supreme Court refinement of the right to a timely trial, effectively ending the Crown’s prosecution.
The inquest, which got under way on Monday and is expected to last three weeks with as many as 25 witnesses, began with emotional testimony and ended the day with a technical breakdown of the Downsview Park stage and how it collapsed on June 16, 2012.After opening statements by Chief Coroner David Cameron, in which he outlined to the jury the scope of the inquest, Mr. Rajan said: “Our view is that Scott should not have died, did not have to die, that his death was preventable.
Still, moments after the first day wrapped, Mr. Selway expressed his immense gratitude for being able to make his statement.
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