Keywords: Dean Cox, A1, A1 Paintstrippers, dichloromethane, John Beckett, Warwick Crown Court, alloy wheels, chemicals,

Owner cleared of manslaughter over fumes death

Prosecutions and Claims |
21.05.2008

A company owner has been cleared of manslaughter but fined £17,500 following the death of a 21-year-old worker who inhaled poisonous fumes.

Dean Cox was found dead by a vat of chemicals used for stripping alloy wheels at Wolverhampton firm A1 Paintstrippers in September 2006.

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