Everest Manslaughter Charges Dropped
Charges relating to the death of a young city trader on Everest in 1999 have been dropped. The prosecution claimed that the expedition was poorly organised and should have been abandoned.
Posted: 24 July 2006
by Jon
Manslaughter charges brought against three men over the death of a
British climber on Everest have been dropped, the BBC reports.
Michael Matthews, a city trader, died on the mountain in 1999, on
an expedition organised by Alpine Mountaineering Ltd. Matthews'
father claimed that the expedition was poorly organised and that
problems with oxygen systems mean that the expedition should have
been called off. The case was the subject of a detailed TV
documentary.
However the judge last week ruled that charges against two of the
expedition guides and Henry Todd, who supplied the oxygen for the
expedition, should be dropped.
Full report at news.bbc.co.uk
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