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Young Matthew Green was killed in 2005 when the 50kg mantelpiece collapsed onto him in his Towcester home. His parents had bought the house from Persimmon Homes just two years earlier.
An inquest in 2008 heard that the fireplace had been inadequately fixed and that a fireplace had previously fallen at another Persimmon site.
The Health & Safety Executive (HSE) laid charges against Persimmon Homes, but these have now been dropped due to “inconsistencies” in the handling of the investigation.
However, the stonemason who fitted the fireplace for Persimmon, Kristian Childs of KD Childs of Northampton, is still facing health & safety charges.
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