Amenzi de peste un milion de lire sterline după ce un român a murit fiind îngropat de viu

Two British companies were fined over one million pounds following a workplace accident that resulted in the death of a Romanian worker, Gheorghiță Arsene. The incident occurred in June 2020 when Arsene was buried alive after a trench collapsed at a construction site in Banstead, Surrey. One company was fined 500,000 pounds for cost-cutting measures that compromised safety, while the other received a 650,000-pound fine for improper safety practices. The judge emphasized that the tragedy could have been avoided. Arsene's mother attended the sentencing via video link from Romania, expressing her grief and describing her son as a good man who worked to support his family. The accident happened while he was replacing a damaged pipe in a three-meter deep tunnel.