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Corfu Cook case to resume on March 4

The trial of two Thomas Cook employees over the deaths of two children in Corfu has been halted until March 4.


Richard Carson, 28, and Nicola Gibson, 26, face charges of manslaughter and negligence following the deaths of the Christianne Shepherd, seven, and her brother Robert, six, from Wakefield, West Yorkshire, from carbon monoxide poisoning after a faulty boiler leaked gas into their Corfu bungalow in October 2006.


The court heard evidence from the West Yorkshire police family liaison officer, hotel staff and the doctor who was first to attend to the family.


It was the second day the court heard evidence on the case. The case opened on February 4 when evidence was heard from the children’s father Neil and his partner Ruth Beatson, who were both left in a coma as a result of the accident but survived.


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