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St James Group fined £1 million after fatal falling window

By Drooid · Sep 24, 2026, 10:23 PM UTC · How we work

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St James Group Ltd was fined £1 million for health-and-safety breaches after a coach driver died.
Lindner Prater, a specialist façade contractor, received a £300 000 fine for the same failures.
Inner London Crown Court also ordered each firm to pay £125 000 costs.
HSE inspector James Goldfinch called the repeat failure “simply criminal”.
A 130 kg window fell 300 ft from the 26th floor, killing driver Mick Ferris.

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St James Group Ltd was fined £1 million for health-and-safety breaches after a coach driver died.
Lindner Prater, a specialist façade contractor, received a £300 000 fine for the same failures.
Inner London Crown Court also ordered each firm to pay £125 000 costs.
HSE inspector James Goldfinch called the repeat failure “simply criminal”.
A 130 kg window fell 300 ft from the 26th floor, killing driver Mick Ferris.