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UK: BOSS JAILED AFTER RECYCLING WORKER’S HORRIFIC DEATH

Recycle Cymru Ltd boss Stephen Jones has been jailed for nine years at Mold Crown Court for the manslaughter of Norman Butler in 2017. The employee had climbed up a sloping conveyor belt to unblock waste cardboard but slipped or fell into a hopper container.

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