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Apple farm boss Andrew Stocker guilty for two manslaughters | Apple farm boss Andrew Stocker guilty for two manslaughters |
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A farm manager has been convicted of the manslaughter of two workers who suffocated after being sent into a container while holding their breath. | |
Scott Cain and Ashley Clarke died last year after entering the apple storage tank where the oxygen level was 1%. | |
They were trying to retrieve apples for an agricultural competition. | They were trying to retrieve apples for an agricultural competition. |
Andrew Stocker, who was boss of the fruit farm at Tory peer Lord Selborne's Hampshire estate, had encouraged the practice nicknamed "scuba diving". | |
The two men got in through a small hatch in the roof of the sealed container. | |
Stocker, 57, of The Links, Whitehill, Bordon, Hampshire, had denied manslaughter, but admitted exposing the men to a risk of death. | |
He was on holiday in the Maldives at the time of the men's deaths, but had left instructions. | |
Mr Cain, 23, and Mr Clarke, 24, who were both assistants at the farm, were found lying on crates of apples. |