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Sheffield mother describes daughter's death fall from flats | Sheffield mother describes daughter's death fall from flats |
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A mother has described the moment she realised her two-year-old daughter had plunged to her death from a block of flats in Sheffield. | A mother has described the moment she realised her two-year-old daughter had plunged to her death from a block of flats in Sheffield. |
Ola Al Fatle told the city's crown court she had searched for Ryaheen Banimuslem after the girl disappeared while playing. | |
Prosecutors said she fell through a gap after maintenance worker Robert Warner failed to replace a glass panel. | Prosecutors said she fell through a gap after maintenance worker Robert Warner failed to replace a glass panel. |
Mr Warner, 45, denies a charge of manslaughter by gross negligence. | Mr Warner, 45, denies a charge of manslaughter by gross negligence. |
Miss Fatle said other residents of the North Bank flats, in Sheffield city centre, called her over and she saw her daughter had fallen from a fourth floor walkway. | Miss Fatle said other residents of the North Bank flats, in Sheffield city centre, called her over and she saw her daughter had fallen from a fourth floor walkway. |
Asked by Jonathan Fuller QC, defending, how long her daughter was out her sight, she said: "I didn't let her out of my sight usually." | Asked by Jonathan Fuller QC, defending, how long her daughter was out her sight, she said: "I didn't let her out of my sight usually." |
'Negligent conduct' | 'Negligent conduct' |
She explained, through an interpreter, how Ryaheen was only missing for a very short period of time. | She explained, through an interpreter, how Ryaheen was only missing for a very short period of time. |
"At the same time I followed," she told the jury. | "At the same time I followed," she told the jury. |
"I found she was not there straight away. It was very, very short because I followed her." | "I found she was not there straight away. It was very, very short because I followed her." |
Earlier, Bryan Cox QC, prosecuting, told the court at the end of the walkway there was a gap in the barrier because a glass panel had been removed by Mr Warner. | Earlier, Bryan Cox QC, prosecuting, told the court at the end of the walkway there was a gap in the barrier because a glass panel had been removed by Mr Warner. |
"She passed through the gap in the barrier and fell to her death on to the ground immediately below," said Mr Cox. | "She passed through the gap in the barrier and fell to her death on to the ground immediately below," said Mr Cox. |
"The accident was caused by the defendant's negligent conduct. | "The accident was caused by the defendant's negligent conduct. |
"He removed and failed to replace the panel from the walkway barrier." | "He removed and failed to replace the panel from the walkway barrier." |
'Gain financially' | 'Gain financially' |
Mr Cox said Mr Warner, of Shirehall Crescent, Sheffield, had removed the panel some days before the tragedy in June 2012 to replace another panel which had been smashed in a more prominent position on the barrier. | Mr Cox said Mr Warner, of Shirehall Crescent, Sheffield, had removed the panel some days before the tragedy in June 2012 to replace another panel which had been smashed in a more prominent position on the barrier. |
Mr Cox told the jury how Mr Warner "stood to gain financially" from replacing one panel with another. | Mr Cox told the jury how Mr Warner "stood to gain financially" from replacing one panel with another. |
The prosecutor said this was because the defendant submitted an invoice to ARIM (Allsop Residential Investment Management), the firm which managed the building, claiming he had bought a new panel. | The prosecutor said this was because the defendant submitted an invoice to ARIM (Allsop Residential Investment Management), the firm which managed the building, claiming he had bought a new panel. |
The trial continues. | The trial continues. |
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