Directors of two Birmingham firms guilty of safety offence after five workers crushed to death

Wayne Hawkeswood and Graham Woodhouse guilty of four offences regarding incident at Birmingham metal recycling site

The directors of two companies have been found guilty of health and safety offences that led to the deaths of five workers when a wall collapsed at a scrap metal recycling plant.

Five workers were crushed to death at the Hawkeswood Metal Recycling site in Birmingham when a 4.6-metre high wall and 263 tonnes of metal fell on them in July 2016.