Pontins owner charged with corporate manslaughter over woman’s death

Wendy Jones, 68, died after part of a ceiling collapsed on guests at Brean Sands holiday park in 2019

The owner of Pontins holiday parks has been charged with corporate manslaughter after part of a ceiling collapsed six years ago on to guests at a bar, one of whom died months later in hospital.

Eighteen people were injured at the Brean Sands site in Somerset in February 2019 after a 40-metre section of structural ducting and ceiling fell inside an entertainment area and exposed live electrics.