Jury picked for Buncefield trial
Wednesday 14 April 2010
A jury has been selected for the trial of three companies accused of health and safety breaches in connection with an explosion at the Buncefield oil depot.
Hertfordshire Oil Storage Ltd, TAV Engineering Ltd and Motherwell Control Systems 2003 Ltd are being prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive and the Environment Agency.
The trial is due to start today and is scheduled to finish at the end of June.
The case comes after a series of explosions ripped through the depot in Hemel Hempstead on December 11 2005.
Widely thought to be the largest explosion in peacetime Europe, it measured 2.4 on the Richter scale and could be heard 125 miles away.
Total UK has already pleaded guilty to three health and safety breaches.
