A construction boss has avoided jail after an award-winning joiner was crushed to death by a stack of building materials during a house renovation.
Chloe Bidwell, 18, died after a stack of wooden board material fell on her while she was renovating a house for university students in Bangor in December 2023.
The boards, which could weigh up to 30kg each, were stacked vertically and unsecured against a wall. It is thought she may have been trying to retrieve a board from the pile when they fell on her, fatally crushing her neck.
The home was being renovated by Varcity Living, a student
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