The manager of a coalmine in south Wales where four men died after it flooded has been charged with gross negligence manslaughter, the Crown Prosecution Service has announced. Malcolm Fyfield, 57, is accused over the deaths at the Gleision mine, in the Swansea valley, in September 2011. MNS Mining Limited, which owned the mine, has been summonsed to face four charges of corporate manslaughter.
See http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/jan/18/gleision-mine-manager-charged-manslaughter and http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21081302.