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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 fruit farm manager has been found guilty of the manslaughter of two workers who died while retrieving prize apples from a container. 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 storage tank where there was little oxygen. 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 manager of the fruit farm at Tory peer Lord Selborne's Hampshire estate, was convicted of two counts of manslaughter. 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.