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| Coach owner Keith Jones found guilty after M49 boy fall | Coach owner Keith Jones found guilty after M49 boy fall |
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| A coach firm owner has been found guilty of dangerous driving offences after a boy fell from a vehicle on to a motorway. | A coach firm owner has been found guilty of dangerous driving offences after a boy fell from a vehicle on to a motorway. |
| Keith Jones's coach was taking a youth rugby team to a game in Burnham-on-Sea on 16 May last year when the child fell on to the M49, near Bristol. | Keith Jones's coach was taking a youth rugby team to a game in Burnham-on-Sea on 16 May last year when the child fell on to the M49, near Bristol. |
| Bristol Crown Court heard the emergency door the boy leaned on was "defective". | Bristol Crown Court heard the emergency door the boy leaned on was "defective". |
| Recorder Malcolm Gibney warned Jones, of Bridgend, "he might consider a custodial sentence" on 25 June. | Recorder Malcolm Gibney warned Jones, of Bridgend, "he might consider a custodial sentence" on 25 June. |
| The driver of the coach, Tudor West, 63, also of Bridgend, was found guilty of dangerous driving on Friday. | The driver of the coach, Tudor West, 63, also of Bridgend, was found guilty of dangerous driving on Friday. |
| During the trial he said he had inspected the door on the morning of the incident. | |
| But inspectors found it would open with the lightest of touches and called repairs to the latch on the door "a bodge". | But inspectors found it would open with the lightest of touches and called repairs to the latch on the door "a bodge". |
| Jurors were also told an MOT test carried out a month earlier had found the wing mirror and panels on the coach were held on by masking tape, and a cupboard was held closed by a pen. | Jurors were also told an MOT test carried out a month earlier had found the wing mirror and panels on the coach were held on by masking tape, and a cupboard was held closed by a pen. |
| The 13-year-old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, suffered a broken wrist. His father said he "melted inside" when he saw his son lying in the road. | The 13-year-old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, suffered a broken wrist. His father said he "melted inside" when he saw his son lying in the road. |
| "He appeared to be unconscious - we thought because of the mess he was in he wasn't going to survive," he said. | "He appeared to be unconscious - we thought because of the mess he was in he wasn't going to survive," he said. |