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William Hill Shop Sign which Killed Man was ‘a Great Fix’

William Hill shop indication which killed guy was ‘a good fix’

8 October 2018

A worker who installed a 31 stone (200kg) indication above a bookmakers which fell and squashed a male has told a court it was “an excellent fix” when he put it up.

Jacob Marx had been working in London for four months when he was squashed by the sign outside a William Hill bookmakers on 28 January 2013.

Carlos Park told Blackfriars Crown Court the fascia he attached the sign to had been “solid”.

William Hill Organisation Ltd denies breaching health and security.

New Zealand national Mr Marx, 27, suffered a broken neck and a fractured skull after the sign fell 2m on to him outside the yohaig code bookies in Camden Road.

The court heard Mr Park was working for Saltwell Signs when he fitted the sign in 2006.

He told the jury he had got a “excellent fix” to the yohaig code plywood fascia when screwing it up.

“The fascia was strong. I can inform when I am taking the screws out (of the yohaig code old sign),” he stated.

Mr Park stated he brought out a visual assessment of the plywood “to see there is not any rot” but included that the fascia “ought to be fit for function when I turn up.”

Former Saltwell’s factory supervisor Terrance English the court the indication fitter was not accountable for examining the building’s structure.

When asked by John Cooper, safeguarding William Hill, if the fitter had no obligation for the structure listed below he said: “Yes, simply the fascia, not the structure itself.”

William Hill Organisation Ltd denies one count of stopping working to make sure the safety of non-employees and one count of stopping working to make sure the safety of staff members.

The trial continues.

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