A lifeguard and the council he worked for were today found guilty of the manslaughter of a British schoolgirl who drowned during a school trip to France.
Jessica Lawson, 12, from East Yorkshire, died after a plastic pontoon in a lake near Limoges overturned in July 2015.
These amounted to €40,000 for 'moral damage', €15,000 for 'anxiety', and the same amount for the 'suffering' the family endured. Steven Layne arriving at Palais de Justice, Tulle, central France. He was one of three teachers cleared of manslaughter Confirming Wednesday's verdict, a court spokesman said the original acquittals of Lemaire and the local authority, were reversed, while all the teachers were again found 'not guilty'.
The original trial, held in Tulle, heard how Jessica – the youngest pupil in the school party – was was hit on the head when the pontoon flipped over.Mr Lawson with Jessica. Mr Lawson and his wife set up the 'Jessica Lawson Foundation' to offer support to bereaved parents, and to keep the name of their beloved daughter alive
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