BREAKING: The UK’s biggest pub chain has been convicted of a health and safety breach after the ‘avoidable’ death of a student who was crushed outside a busy venue.
Following the guilty verdict, Olivia’s parents Nigel and Paula Burt shared their heartache of losing Olivia and slammed the company for using decorative fencing for crowd management.
‘Stonegate is the largest pub company in the UK. According to their annual report 2022, Stonegate doubled their revenue to £1.6 billion and their vision is ‘to raise the bar on the British pub by being the best for our guests, people and communities’. This did not happen at Missoula and led to the death of our wonderful daughter.
They thanked Durham County Council for bringing the prosecution and all the witnesses present on the night that Olivia died for having the courage to come to court to give evidence.‘Our heartbreak and pain have been prolonged by Stonegate pleading not guilty and fighting the case to trial.‘We thank the jury for seeing through Stonegate’s smoke and mirrors defence blaming everyone but themselves for what happened to Olivia.
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