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Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Yahoo
Manslaughter charges over woman killed by bricks
A construction company and four men are to face manslaughter charges over the death of a woman who was killed seven years ago when she was hit by a pallet of bricks that fell from a crane. Michaela Boor died on her 29th birthday in hospital, one day after she was struck by two tonnes of material on the corner of Burdett Road in Mile End, east London, on 27 March 2018. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said Higgins Homes PLC had been charged with corporate manslaughter and a Health and Safety at Work Act offence. Thomas Anstis and Stephen Coulson, both 68, Dawood Mann, 59, and Alexander McInnes, 32, have each been charged with a single count of gross negligence manslaughter. They have also all been charged with offences under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 16 June. The Met Police said specialist officers would continue to support Ms Boor's family. Higgins Homes describes itself as having "designed, built and managed a wide portfolio of new build and sensitively considered conversion and restoration projects across London, Essex, Hertfordshire and Sussex". Malcolm McHaffie, head of the CPS's special crime division, said: "The CPS reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against these defendants are now active and that they have the right to a fair trial. "It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings." Listen to the best of BBC Radio London on Sounds and follow BBC London on Facebook, X and Instagram. Send your story ideas to HM Courts and Tribunals Service
The Irish Sun
12-05-2025
- The Irish Sun
Four charged after mum, 29, killed by falling bricks on building site as she dropped young son off at nursery
FOUR people have been charged after a newly-engaged mum was killed by falling bricks on a building site. Michaela Boor was hit by a pallet that fell from a 100ft crane on a building site in Mile End, East London. Advertisement 4 Michaela Boor was killed by falling bricks Credit: Social Media - Refer to Source 4 She had dropped her son off at nursery when the horror unfolded Credit: Jamie Lorriman - The Sun The 29-year-old, who had got engaged just two weeks before, was rushed to hospital but tragically died on March 29, 2018. Now building company Higgins Homes PLC has been charged with corporate manslaughter and offences under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. Four men have also been charged with gross negligence manslaughter and health and safety offences following the horror . They are crane operator Alexander McInnes, 32, crane supervisor Dawood Maan, 59, Stephen Coulson, 68, who was responsible for compiling the lifting plan for the site, and site manager Thomas Anstis, 68. Advertisement Read more news All of the defendants are set to appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on June 16. Michaela, who ran a jewellery company, was struck by the bricks after she dropped her young son off at nursery in Tower Hamlets. She died in hospital two days later after suffering catastrophic head injuries. Malcolm McHaffie, Head of the Crown Prosecution Service's Special Crime Division, said: 'Following a review of the evidence from the Metropolitan Police and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), we have authorised criminal charges against a company and four individuals in relation to the death of 30-year-old Michaela Boor in 2018. Advertisement Most read in The Sun Exclusive 'Ms Boor died after being struck by falling bricks as she walked on the pavement past a building site on the corner of Burdett Road in Bow, east London, on 27 March 2018. 'The Crown Prosecution Service reminds all concerned that criminal proceedings against these defendants are now active and that they have the right to a fair trial. 'It is extremely important that there should be no reporting, commentary or sharing of information online which could in any way prejudice these proceedings.' 4 The bricks are understood to have fallen from a pallet being carried by a crane Credit: Jamie Lorriman - The Sun Advertisement 4 Michaela was rushed to hospital but died two days later Credit: Jamie Lorriman - The Sun
Metro
12-05-2025
- Metro
Four charged after mum killed by falling bricks on her way to son's nursery
Four construction workers have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a mum who was killed by falling bricks in East London. Michaela Boor was en route to her son Kieran's nursery on March 29, 2018, when more than two tonnes of bricks tumbled five storeys from a building development in Bethnal Green, East London. Paramedics attempted to save the 28-year-old's life as she lay among the rubble, but she died in hospital two days later. Her life support had to be switched off by her family a day after her 29th birthday when she was declared brain-dead. After a seven year investigation, the construction company and four workers at the site have been charged. These include the crane operator, Alexander McInnes, 32, as well as the crane supervisor, Dawood Maan, 59. Stephen Coulson, 68, who was in charge of the lifting plan on the building site, and site manager Thomas Anstis, 68, have also been charged. A year after her death, Michaela's mother Alaina described the devastation her son Kieran, just 4 at the time, had to face in the wake of the tragedy. She told MailOnline: ''Kieran knows that mummy is gone, that she got hurt and the doctors could not fix her. 'He thinks mummy is a star in the sky, he blows kisses to her. 'He is pretty resilient but he does get sad. And every day I have to walk with him past the spot that his mother was killed. 'How is he going to cope with looking at that when he is older?' Alaina faced her own horror after Michaela's death as she had to make the agonizing decision to switch off life support after visiting her in hospital. She added: 'When they finally let us see her, I could hardly recognise her, she had so many tubes sticking out of her. 'The doctors told us that she was brain-dead and said we should turn off her life-support. 'But I couldn't do it. I begged them to let us keep her for one more day because the next day was her birthday.' More Trending Michaela was eventually laid to rest a month later at Manor Park crematorium in east London. The four men have been charged with gross negligence manslaughter and offences under section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The company Higgins Homes PLC faces charges of corporate manslaughter and offences under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974. The defendants are due to appear at Westminster magistrates' court on June 16. Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: James Bulger killer makes new parole bid and could be freed by end of year MORE: Southport killer 'to get same treatment in prison as Hannibal Lecter' MORE: 'Bare beating' is tormenting commuters on the London Tube network
