A site manager has been prosecuted after a woman was killed by falling window frames from a building site in London.

Kelvin Adsett, 64, was found guilty of manslaughter following a trial at the Central Criminal Court. He was sentenced to 12 months' in prison at the Central Criminal Court.

In addition, IS Europe Ltd, the company which employed Adsett, was found guilty of health and safety charges. It would have been fined £100,000, however since falling dormant the company only had £250 in its bank account.

Damian Lakin-Hall, 50, was the site manager employed by Westgreen Construction, the principal contractor on the development. He was sentenced to a six month prison sentence suspended for two years after he was found guilty of failing to take reasonable care for health and safety.


The victim, 43-year-old lawyer Amanda Telfer, was killed after she was struck by three falling window frames as she was walking past a construction site in Hanover Square, London on 30 August 2012.

The frames had previously been delivered to the site and were left leaning, unsecured, against a wall. In addition, Mr Adsett was responsible for placement of the frames and the failure to secure them.

Graham Partridge, London CPS reviewing lawyer, said: "If Kelvin Adsett, Damian Lakin-Hall and IS Europe had complied with their legal responsibilities, Amanda Telfer would not have died.

"They were delivering and storing large, very heavy window frames and should have known that, unsecured, they presented a serious danger to the public on what was a windy day.

"The CPS case was that the defendants' conduct was so bad that those involved bore criminal responsibility for Ms Telfer's tragic death.

"We hope that these convictions will bring some sense of justice for her family."

Image: Amanda Telfer.

(LM)