Person down Oval 29/06/09

We will be calling for a charge of corporate manslaughter against Putz's employers, Thames Materials Ltd. The managers and directors of that company should have known about Putz's record and drink problem, they should not have employed him. If they did not know about him they are equally culpable for their negligence.

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Good stuff Charlie!

From the LCC website:

"Dennis Putz was driving a tipper lorry operated by Thames Materials Ltd, a west London waste management company, which has a record of breaking safety regulations and poor maintenance of its vehicles. In March 1999 the Traffic Commissioner reduced its licence to only seven vehicles.

Thames Materials Ltd failed several inspections, the company and its drivers had many convictions. In 2002 the Traffic Commissioner tried to revoke its licence to operate lorries, but this was overturned on appeal.

LCC's lorry campaigner, Charlie Lloyd said "Catriona's killer should never have been allowed in the cab of an HGV.

"The managers and directors of Thames Materials Ltd should have known that Putz was a driver with over 20 convictions.

"As yet there has been no prosecution for corporate manslaughter after a road death. Surely the people who put Catriona's killer in one of their lorries should be held to account for their actions."

Let alone Dennis Putz, it doesn't sound to me as though this company should have been operating HGVs at all. My primary concerns about 'sharing the road' are about having to share the road with the likes of these people. Just shocking.

this is why i'm proud to be an LCC member.