Three former Island Energy employees have been charged with gross negligence manslaughter in connection with the explosion in Jersey which claimed the lives of 10 people in December 2022.
Neil Armstrong (56), Lee Ward (57), and John Wright (59) each face 10 counts of gross negligence manslaughter – one for each person who lost their life as a result of the blast at the Haut de Mont flats in St Helier.
The three men were formally charged at Jersey’s police headquarters this week and are due to appear in the island’s Magistrate’s Court on 14 March.
At the time of the explosion, all three men worked for Jersey’s gas supplier, Island Energy.
Remembering those who lost their lives
The 10 people who lost their lives were:
- Peter Bowler (72)
- Raymond Brown (71)
- Romeu and Louise De Almeida (67 and 64)
- Derek and Sylvia Ellis (61 and 73)
- Ken and Jane Ralph (72 and 71)
- Billy Marsden (62)
- Kathy McGinness (73) – who was injured in the explosion and later died in hospital on Christmas Day 2022.
A temporary memorial to those who died was erected at Mount Bingham, and plans for a permanent memorial, potentially in the form of a garden, are currently in the works.
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