Architects behind luxury flats where window pane fell and killed a man due in court today charged with health and safety failing By Milo Pope Published: 06:01 EDT, 29 October 2024 | Updated: 06:07 EDT, 29 October 2024 e-mail The architects behind a set of luxury flats are being prosecuted after a coach driver was killed by a window pane which fell from a penthouse. Mick Ferris, 53, was passing the 27-storey Corniche tower in Vauxhall, south-west London , when he was struck by the pane, which had plunged an estimated 250 feet to the ground. The West Ham fan from Hoo in Kent, who worked was as a coach driver, died instantly at the scene at just after 10.
30am on October 2, 2018. Designers Foster + Partners and property developer St James Group have now been charged with a health and safety breach over the death of Mr Ferris, the Evening Standard report. They will face criminal charges on Tuesday alongside building contractor Lindner Prater Limited and Façade engineering consultants Wintech Limited.
Mick Ferris, 53, was passing the 27-storey Corniche tower in Vauxhall, south-west London, when the glass fell from the top of the building and crushed him The architects responsible for building the penthouse have now been charged with a health and safety breach Inspectors on the scene as a police cordon surrounding a forensics tent remains in place outside The Corniche on the Albert Embankment in London after a window pane fell All four companies have been charged following a Healt.