Castle owners fined following death

The owners of a 15th-century castle have been fined £10,000 after a workman was electrocuted while dismantling a marquee at the site. Polish labourer Krysztof Wiecek died in hospital after an 11,000-volt overhead power cable brushed the back of his head while he was taking down the structure, which had been used at the annual spring grand sale hosted at Sudeley Castle in Winchcombe, Gloucestershire. The sole directors of the castle, Henry Dent-Brocklehurst and his sister Mary Dent-Brocklehurst were fined as well as James Pemble, the director of marquee company Zomar and Value for Money Co, the firm that put on the event. The castle had played host to the wedding of Hollywood actor Liz Hurley and Arun Nayar just weeks before the accident in which the 45-year-old father of three was killed. Value for Money Co was fined £11,000 plus £10,00 in costs, Pemble was fined £8,000 plus £8,000 costs and Sudeley Castle was fined £10,000 plus £10,000 costs at Gloucester Crown Court.

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