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| Asda fined over car barrier death | |
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| Supermarket giant Asda has been fined £225,000 after admitting health and safety breaches over the death a man who was killed by a car park barrier. | |
| Kenneth Farr, 37, of Penarth, died in May 2002, after the unsecured barrier smashed through his car windscreen at the Asda store in Cardiff Bay. | Kenneth Farr, 37, of Penarth, died in May 2002, after the unsecured barrier smashed through his car windscreen at the Asda store in Cardiff Bay. |
| The firm admitted two health and safety at work charges brought by Cardiff Council at Newport Crown Court. | The firm admitted two health and safety at work charges brought by Cardiff Council at Newport Crown Court. |
| Asda was also ordered to pay £42,000 in costs. | |
| In 2006, a jury at an inquest into Mr Farr's death returned a verdict of unlawful killing. | In 2006, a jury at an inquest into Mr Farr's death returned a verdict of unlawful killing. |
| Mr Farr, an electronics engineer, had gone to the store to buy a garden shed when he was hit on the head after a steel swing barrier was blown into the path of his car by a gust of wind as he drove into the car park. | Mr Farr, an electronics engineer, had gone to the store to buy a garden shed when he was hit on the head after a steel swing barrier was blown into the path of his car by a gust of wind as he drove into the car park. |
| One of his daughters, who was three at the time, was on the back seat of his car at the time of the incident but escaped unharmed. | One of his daughters, who was three at the time, was on the back seat of his car at the time of the incident but escaped unharmed. |
| His wife Helen was in court with her family for the hearing on Monday. | His wife Helen was in court with her family for the hearing on Monday. |