THREE former Island Energy workers have been charged with multiple counts of gross negligence manslaughter following the Haut du Mont explosion.
The incident on Pier Road claimed the lives of ten Islanders in December 2022.
Neil Armstrong (56), Lee Ward (57) and John Wright (59) were each charged with ten counts of gross negligence manslaughter – relating to each of the ten people who died – at the police headquarters this week.
All three men worked for gas supplier Island Energy at the time of the incident. They are due to appear in the Magistrate’s Court on 14 March.
Detective Superintendent Alison Fossey, who led the States police investigation, said: “These charges are the culmination of a two-year investigation that has been the largest and most complex in the States of Jersey Police’s 70-year history.”
Haut du Mont residents Peter Bowler (72), Raymond Brown (71), Romeu and Louise De Almeida (67 and 64 years), Derek and Sylvia Ellis (61 and 73 years), Ken and Jane Ralph (72 and 71 years) and 63-year-old Billy Marsden died in the blast.
Kathy McGinness (73), who lived in an adjacent block of flats, was injured as a result of the explosion and died at the General Hospital on Christmas Day in 2022.
