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By Press Association 2021 Colin Naylor An electrician jailed over the death of a seven-year-old boy has lost a bid to reduce his sentence at the Court of Appeal. Colin Naylor, 74, was handed a sentence of 12 months in prison after Harvey Tyrrell suffered a fatal electric shock in the garden of the King Harold pub in Romford, east London. Harvey was electrocuted when he touched poorly installed outdoor lights on a low wall in the garden on the afternoon of September 11 2018. Naylor, who had installed the lights three months earlier, was found not guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence by a jury at Snaresbrook Crown Court. ....
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Trial judge Martyn Zeidman QC described the pub as a disgrace and a “timebomb waiting to go off”, sentencing Naylor to a year of immediate custody and handing Bearman a nine-year term. At the Court of Appeal, Graham Trembath QC argued Naylor’s sentence was manifestly excessive for a 74-year-old with no previous convictions. He also argued that some of the expert evidence in the trial introduced new details to the case, and other work was carried out on the lights. He said: “This is a tragic fatality that occurred many weeks, on the unchallenged evidence, after he left that public house and – of significance, we submit – before the garden circuit was attached.” ....
Trial judge Martyn Zeidman QC described the pub as a disgrace and a “timebomb waiting to go off”, sentencing Naylor to a year of immediate custody and handing Bearman a nine-year term. At the Court of Appeal, Graham Trembath QC argued Naylor’s sentence was manifestly excessive for a 74-year-old with no previous convictions. He also argued that some of the expert evidence in the trial introduced new details to the case, and other work was carried out on the lights. He said: “This is a tragic fatality that occurred many weeks, on the unchallenged evidence, after he left that public house and – of significance, we submit – before the garden circuit was attached.” ....
Colin Naylor was handed a sentence of 12 months in prison after Harvey Tyrrell suffered a fatal electric shock at a pub in Romford. The Court of Appeal rejected his bid to have his sentence reduced. ....