Citadel Church Collapse

Four men have received suspended prison sentences following the collapse of the former Citadel Church in Splott, Cardiff. And four companies where three of the men were directors, received combined fines of more than £340,000. HSE inspector Liam Osborne said: “Jeff Plevey died because people were put to work on a scaffold against a towering stone wall that managers, safety professionals and contractors knew, or could see, was obviously unstable before work started.

“The demolition and scaffolding were badly planned and dangerously carried out from the very beginning, and throughout the job. Instead of the building being made safer as demolition progressed, it became even more unstable. Those people who made bad decisions, gave poor advice, or failed to act in the face of extreme and obvious risk have now been held accountable.”