Maldon: Leisure company charged after girl's tragic pool death
The company running a swimming pool where a seven-year-old girl died is being prosecuted for alleged negligence.
Four years after Michelle Gellard tragically died at Blackwater Leisure Centre, the Health and Safety Executive has decided to prosecute Leisure Connection, which manages the pool on behalf of Maldon District Council .
The company runs more than 70 leisure and arts facilities in the UK and will appear at Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court next month.
It is charged with breaching section 3 (1) of the the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
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