Beach trampoline operator jailed over death of girl, 3, in explosion

Judge says owner Curt Johnson, 52, wilfully blind to the risk' and inflatable should not have been in use'

The owner of an inflatable trampoline which killed a three-year-old girl when it burst, throwing the toddler 40ft in the air, has been jailed for six months for health and safety offences.

According to witnesses, Ava-May Littleboy was thrown the height of a house" when the inflatable trampoline she was on, which had no safety valve", exploded in July 2018, Chelmsford magistrates court heard.