Matthew Hobson, now 24, alleged he had never been in charge of any project for his employers
York builders Cooper & Westgate, had never worked without supervision before, and was not given any safety instructions for the job at a pensioner’s house in Whitestone Drive, Huntington.
The jury heard that after he left for the weekend, the householder, Kenneth Armitage, 81, fell 2.5 metres to his death through a hole the joiner had created in the floor of the first floor bathroom.
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