Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) statement following today’s first hearing of the ORR prosecution against Network Rail for breaches of health and safety law which led to the deaths of two teenage girls, Olivia Bazlinton and Charlotte Thompson, at Elsenham station footpath crossing in December 2005.
A spokesperson for the Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) said:
"The Office of Rail Regulation's prosecution of Network Rail for breaches of health and safety law which led to the deaths of Olivia Bazlinton and Charlotte Thompson at Elsenham station footpath crossing in December 2005 had its first hearing today at Basildon Magistrates' Court.
"Network Rail pleaded guilty to two charges under The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, and guilty to one charge under the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
"The court has committed Network Rail to Chelmsford Crown Court where a sentencing hearing will take place on 15 March 2012.
"Our thoughts are with the families of Olivia and Charlotte. ORR will do everything it can to ensure that the prosecution proceeds as quickly as possible."For further information about the prosecution, please see the press notice issued at the start of the criminal proceedings against Network Rail on 25 November 2011: http://www.rail-reg.gov.uk/server/show/ConWebDoc.10715
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