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Whittall avoids Pike trial

NEW Zealand government prosecutors have dropped all 12 health and safety charges against former Pike River Coal CEO Peter Whittall – stunning family members of the 29 men killed in the 2010 Pike mine disaster.

Blair Price
Whittall avoids Pike trial

Despite considerable evidence of a troubled safety culture at the mine, which emerged from the year-long Royal Commission into the disaster, prosecutors claimed there was a lack of evidence against Whittall....

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