Two cleared but demolition contractor still to stand trial.
Two company directors have been cleared of all charges over the death of a demolition worker at a tower block near Paddington Station.
Polish labourer Rafal Prezestrzelski was crushed by falling masonry at the 12-storey Telstar House project on July 25, 2005.
Nicholas Ward, manager of contractor John F Hunt Demolition, based at London Road, Grays, and Oscar Menezes, director of Menezes Structural Consultants, were due to stand trial on health and safety charges this month.
But at the Old Bailey last Wednesday the prosecution offered no evidence against both men and Menezes Structural Consultants.
Last year gross negligence manslaughter charges were dismissed against Bayoak Demo Ltd, Barry Eaton, Nicholas Ward, Oscar Menezes and Menezes Structural Consultants Ltd following legal argument.
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