Court Protest Over Workplace Killing

Submitted by Janine on 18 December, 2003 - 1:11

Mother of 16-year-old Chris Kesterton calls for support for the protest over the killing of her son.

Christopher Kesterton was sixteen years of age when his life was taken away in a so-called accident at work on a construction site in Leicester. The fatal incident was on 28th November 2000. At the time Christopher worked for Piper civil engineering for four weeks. He worked on Magna Park Industrial estate Lutterworth.

The incident that led to his death came when one of the steel columns fell down and as Chris ran for cover the column then hit another column which sent it off in the opposite direction resulting in hitting Chris.

Now after nearly three years since he was killed the companies involved are to come before the court for a decision on their penalty. In that time the family has gone through hell. His mother Amanda Kesterton continues to suffer stress-related ill health. Amanda said "To think the maximum penalty for this is a fine, is disgraceful. Something has to be done the law needs to be changed as it will not act as a deterrent to these companies. A fine is not good enough".

The court hearing will take place on Monday 5th January 2004. We will be holding a protest outside the court and ask that you attend and get others to attend also. Let's show them we care - Take a day off work and attend and support this protest.

The details are:

Leicester Crown Court,
90 Wellington St,
Leicester.
Monday 5th January 2004 from 9.30 a.m.

(10 minute walk from the railway station with car parks in the area)

Construction Safety Campaign
CSC, PO Box 23844 London SE15 3WR TEL 07747-795954

Comments

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 16/05/2005 - 15:49

I am Amanda kesterton, the mother of Christopher, the 16yr old who was killed at work after only 3wks of being employed.After messing about on the computer as i really havent got a clue of what im doing, i stumbled across this page which was about myself and my son.How very strange it was to see and read, my instinct was to reply,as it didnt cover any where enough of the emotional side of how its destroyed my life totally. never mind the rest of family friends and my relationship with my partner,although i cant find any words in the dictionary that are adequate to discribe any of the emotional afects its had and still having on me.I know its been 4yrs gone november and for alot of people they will have forgotten by now, obviously i havent and never will.I am surprised that im still alive today i really dont know how, but i am. Im really gutted that the M.D of Conders Construction, the stuctional engineers who were responsable for the design and making of the steel columns, which killed my son Chris and myself(except my physical body)obviously as im still here.Could not even say sorry to me or send their sympathy to the family, its only a small thing but they dont understand how it would have made me feel so much better,that even their human,theres just no way that i, as a person a real personcould or would be able to stop myself from contacting the family, its just instinct, youd just do it. well im really glad im not in their shoes as i would not be able to live with myself if my company was responsible for the death of a worker,NEVER MIND IT HAPPENING A 2ND TIME, which Chris was he was the second worker this happened too, then just to get fined, its just unbelievable, not forgettin that the family dont see any of the fine,that goes to the goverment well thats another story...................... Im the one thats recieved the punishment for their mistakes, im the one thats to continue living in this life, when im as good as dead(IN SPIRIT) anyway, thats the worst affect its taken any yearn for life away from me so i have none, theres nothing in this world that does it for me, theres nothing that gives me that buzz or exites me any more,I JUST DONT SEEM TO CARE ANYMORE, never mind things like being off work sick for the past 3yrs,unable to drive, cant go out much, dont mix with people very much, go shoppin late at nite, less people about then. if i do go out shopping or something after about nearly 2hrs i have to go home,id rather be alone, dont want to talk to people most times,my friends comment on when they visit i wont sit and chat with them i just make myself busy all the time( it just seems to bore me and i was never like that, infact quite the opposite loved talking to people and finding things out about them, i found people so interesting and so very diferent, if only that was the case now......... you can reply to me at c/o anniegoddard772@hotmail.com.uk till next time x x x x x x x x

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