Contractor and four others face manslaughter charges over death of member of the public

Contractor Higgins Homes has been charged with corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences and four employees with gross negligence manslaughter over the death of a woman who was hit by a pallet of bricks that fell from a crane.

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