sian vaughan told me that being widowed, so soon after her wedding day, had left her heartbroken. taken away. we were only married for six months and especially having to spend your first wedding anniversary alone was just so far removed from the one that we had planned. it's just been absolutely horrendous. today, the boss of grittenham haulage, matthew gordon, and mechanic, peter wood, were both found guilty of manslaughter. the trial heard the company was a shambles, failing to carry out proper safety checks. the jury was told that as the tipper truck came down the hill that afternoon, its brakes were badly worn, rusty and in a poor state of repair. matthew gordon had no transport manager and effectively flouted every regulation laid down to ensure safety. peter wood signed off vehicles as safe when clearly they were not. many of the faults at the time of this crash were longstanding. phillip potter, who was at the wheel of the tipper truck was found not guilty of causing death by careless or dangerous driving. they're constantly in my thoughts. he left court sending his sympat

sian vaughan told me that being widowed so soon vaughan told me that being widowed so soon after herartbroken. all the plans, the future that we had together, has all been taken away. we were only married for six months. especially having to spend your first wedding anniversary alone was just so far removed from the one that we had planned. it's just been absolutely horrendous. tipper truck was carrying tonnes of aggregate down this steep and winding hill towards the city of bat that afternoon when it suffered catastrophic brake failure. the prosecution claimed it was not simply bad luck but an accident waiting to happen. experts who examined the brakes said some of the parts were so rusty and warn that the 11—year—old lori should not have been on the road. phillip potter was at the wheel of the tipper truck full stop he told the court he was not aware of the state of the vehicle and he denied causing death by dangerous or careless driving. today, he has been cleared. phillip potter told the trial that as he sat here that afternoon, trying to take in what had just happened. his boss,

sian vaughan who i interviewed, stephen vaughan's widow, she is the only one to have done anything onleased statements this afternoon following these guilty of manslaughter verdicts for the two main deficits. —— defendants. all talk about the impact on their lives losing people so close to them. mitzi's family talking about they will never see her grow up. talking about they will never see hergrow up. a talking about they will never see her grow up. a little girl who was becoming more confident in her life, full of the future, now deprived of that future. all of those families talking about their losses, but also all of them talking about the importance of these verdicts, not just for them and these deaths, but to try to prevent other haulage companies in other parts of the uk, to carry out those checks. not to try to cut corners. not to make excuses, but to follow the rules that exist and maybe for there to be new rules. that is one thing some of the families have been talking about. toll make sure no other families, they say, have to go through what they have been through. all of th

sian vaughan told me that being widowed, so soon after her wedding day, had left her heartbroken.er has just all been taken away. we were only married for six months and especially having to spend your first wedding anniversary alone was just so far removed from the one that we had planned. it's just been absolutely horrendous. today, the boss of grittenham haulage, matthew gordon, and mechanic, peter wood, were both found guilty of manslaughter. the trial heard the company was a shambles, failing to carry out proper safety checks. the jury was told that as the tipper truck came down the hill that afternoon, its brakes were badly worn, rusty and in a poor state of repair. matthew gordon had no transport manager and effectively flouted every regulation laid down to ensure safety. peter wood signed off vehicles as safe when clearly they were not. many of the faults at the time of this crash were longstanding. phillip potter, who was at the wheel of the tipper truck was found not guilty of causing death by careless or dangerous driving. they're constantly in my thoughts. he left cour

sian vaughan told me that being widowed so soon after her wedding day had left her heartbroken.her, it has all been taken away. we were only married for six months. especially having to spend your first wedding anniversary alone was just so far removed from the one we had planned. itjust been absolutely horrendous. the tipper truck was carrying tonnes of aggregate down this steep and winding hill towards the city of bath that afternoon when it suffered catastrophic brake failure. the prosecution claimed it was not simply bad luck but an accident waiting to happen. experts who examined the brakes said some of the parts were so rusty and worn that the 11—year—old lorry should not have been on the road. philipp potter was at the wheel of the tipper truck. he told the court he was not aware of the state of the vehicle and he denied causing death by dangerous or careless driving. today he has been cleared. philip potter told the trial that, as he sat here that afternoon, trying to take in what had just happened, his boss, matthew gordon, came over to him, grabbed him and said, "don't