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A construction firm has been fined £40,000 for safety breaches following the death of a worker who was injured in a fall at a building site.
Builder Terrence McCloud suffered head injuries in the accident at a housing development in Jordanstown, County Antrim, on 22 June 2018.
The 46-year-old fell through a gap where a stairwell was due to be built.
The firm, Nickell and Richmond Ltd, admitted four breaches of health and safety law at Belfast Crown Court.
A prosecution barrister told the court that one of Mr McCloud's colleagues witnessed the victim falling from the first floor of the building, through the unprotected stairwell gap.