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Artist guilty after deaths
Tuesday 24th February 2009, 4:01PM GMT.
The creator of an inflatable artwork which broke free from its moorings and flipped over, killing two people, was found guilty today of breaching health and safety rules.
Claire Furmedge, 38, and Elizabeth Collings, 68, died when they fell from the giant PVC structure as it left the ground.
A jury at Newcastle Crown Court found Maurice Agis, 77, of Kirton Gardens, Bethnal Green, east London, guilty of one charge of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act.
The judge, Mrs Justice Cox, gave a majority direction to the jury, which retired to continue deliberating on two counts of manslaughter by gross negligence.
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