Friday 28 September 2012

Court convicts in deadly 2001 French factory blast - The Associated Press:

The Associated Press: Court convicts in deadly 2001 French factory blast: PARIS (AP) — A court in southwestern France on Monday convicted a factory chief and a subsidiary of oil giant Total of manslaughter for an explosion at a chemical plant in 2001 that killed 31 people.The appeals court overturned earlier acquittals, 11 years after the blast that tore apart the AZF plant in Toulouse with the force of a 3.4-magnitude earthquake. Some 2,000 people were injured.The appeals court cited negligence by factory chief Serge Biechlin, saying it "created or contributed to the situation" that caused the accident, according to the Sipa news agency. It said Total subsidiary Grande Paroisse was his employer and, therefore, also responsible.

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