Seven on trial in Switzerland over teen’s death after scaffold collapsed

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The trial of seven men on charges of murder by negligence got under way on Monday at the Sarine criminal court in canton Fribourg.

The court case comes five years after a 17-year-old girl died when scaffolding for a local post office building undergoing renovations collapsed in a storm.

The girl was in a bar popular with young people in Sarine that is annexed to the post office.

The seven men, including a construction manager and several workers, face accusations that they acted recklessly by ignoring safety regulations when erecting the scaffolding.

If found guilty, the accused face a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.

Via: worldradio.ch

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