Article 124JW Outrage as plant bosses acquitted over fatal toxic spill in Hungary

Outrage as plant bosses acquitted over fatal toxic spill in Hungary

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Prosecutors had demanded prison terms for those on trial after alumina works disaster killed 10 and wrecked villages

Victims of Hungary's worst ever toxic spill, which killed 10 people and injured 150 in 2010, voiced outrage after the boss of the alumina plant that caused the disaster was cleared of any wrongdoing.

Zoltin Bakonyi, the former director of the MAL plant in Ajka, and 14 employees were acquitted of charges of negligence, waste management violations and damages to the environment.

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