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An experienced gas-fitter who failed to properly inspect a colleague's work has been ordered to pay nearly $90,000 in reparation and fines after a 12-year-old boy died because of his mistake.
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Gasfitter Michael Cartwright fined thousands over negligence that led to death of Jesse Samuel 27 Jan, 2021 03:18 AM 6 minutes to read Twelve-year-old Jesse Samuel died from carbon monoxide poisoning in a gas-powered shower at his family's Haast holiday home. Photo / Supplied Otago Daily Times By: Rob Kidd A gasfitter whose negligence led to the death of a 12-year-old boy will pay his family $70,000. Michael Cartwright and Central Plumbing Limited – which trades as Laser Plumbing Alexandra – appeared in the Dunedin District Court this afternoon after pleading guilty to two charges under t...
A gas-fitter whose negligence led to the death of a12-year-old, must pay his family 70 thousand dollars
Hamish McNeilly/Stuff Michael Cartwright leaves the Dunedin District Court after being sentenced for a charge laid under the Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Act. An experienced gas-fitter who failed to properly inspect a colleague's work has been ordered to pay nearly $90,000 in reparation and fines after a 12-year-old boy died because of his mistake. Jesse Samuel, of Alexandra, was found slumped in a small shower unit at his family's holiday home in Haast on October 10, 2018. Paramedics tried to save Jesse for almost an hour, but he was unable to be revived. An autopsy found he died of...
03:13 EDT, 27 January 2021 A mother has spoken out about her pain over the death of her son from carbon monoxide poisoning - saying the tragedy was preventable. Justine Walker said her son Jesse Samuel, 12, had decided to shower in a temporary bathroom at their holiday house near the town of Haast, on New Zealand's south island, when tragedy struck on October 10, 2018. Ms Walker, from New Zealand, found her eldest child's body on the bathroom floor half an hour later, the hot water still running. The bathroom was fitted with a gas hot water unit, which she explains had been installe...