{"id":141638,"date":"2018-06-15T13:00:48","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/bouncy-castle-death-pair-jailed-for-three-years\/"},"modified":"2018-06-15T13:00:48","modified_gmt":"2018-06-15T13:00:48","slug":"bouncy-castle-death-pair-jailed-for-three-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/bouncy-castle-death-pair-jailed-for-three-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Bouncy castle death pair jailed for three years"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"SummerImage copyright Family photo
Image caption Summer Grant died after a bouncy castle blew away while she was still inside <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Two fairground workers convicted of manslaughter by gross negligence after a bouncy castle blew away with a young girl inside have been jailed.<\/p>\n

Summer Grant, seven, died after the inflatable was carried 300m across a park in Harlow, Essex, in March 2016. <\/p>\n

William Thurston, 29, and his wife Shelby, 26, from Cambridgeshire, failed to ensure it was "adequately anchored" to the ground, a trial heard.<\/p>\n

The pair were each sentenced to three years at Chelmsford Crown Court. <\/p>\n

Mr Justice Garnham told the couple, of Whitecross Road, Wilburton, that they "took the most monumental risk with children's lives by continuing to allow children on the bouncy castle...and that risk-taking cost Summer her life".<\/p>\n

Image copyright Joe Giddens\/PA
Image caption Shelby and William Thurston have been found guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He also called on the Health and Safety Executive to take the steps necessary to make it compulsory for fairground operators to have proper wind speed measuring equipment.<\/p>\n

Summer, who died of "multiple traumatic injuries to the head, neck and chest", had been visiting the Easter fair at Harlow Town Park with her father Lee and other relatives.<\/p>\n

She was inside the Circus Superdome attraction when it was blown away from its moorings and sent "cartwheeling" down a hill before hitting a tree. <\/p>\n

The court heard Summer only had "a few minutes" left of her turn but Shelby Thurston decided to "let them finish their go" before taking the inflatable down.<\/p>\n

Image caption Cordons were set up at the fairground at Harlow Town Park after the incident <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Reading a victim impact statement in court, Summer's mother Cara Blackie described how she screamed when she heard of her daughter's death.<\/p>\n

Unable to continue reading her statement, Ms Blackie sat down as prosecutor Tracy Ayling QC continued on her behalf.<\/p>\n

It read: "I never thought that my Summer playing and having fun on the bouncy castle would end her young life."<\/p>\n

Ms Blackie described how before Summer's funeral, she painted her daughter's nails blue - her favourite colour - and put her glittery shoes in the coffin - the ones that Summer wanted to wear on her first night out.<\/p>\n

The court heard that since her daughter's death, Ms Blackie has suffered from anxiety and depression.<\/p>\n

The Thurstons were also sentenced to a further 12 months' imprisonment for a health and safety offence, which is to run concurrently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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