A PILOT accused of killing 11 men when trying to perform a loop during the Shoreham Airshow was today cleared of manslaughter. Andrew Hill, 54, was found not guilty at the Old Bailey this morning a…
A PILOT accused of killing 11 men when trying to perform a loop during the Shoreham Airshow was today cleared of manslaughter.
Survivors ran for their lives and suffered terrible burns when they were caught in the blast on August 22, 2015.He was flown to hospital with life-threatening injured and placed in an induced coma before being discharged a month later. Tom Kark QC alleged he had at times a "cavalier" attitude to safety and a history of taking risks, having played "fast and loose" with the rules in the past.
The 54-year-old, of Sandon, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, denied 11 counts of manslaughter by gross negligence.
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