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Manslaughter Cases - Acquittals of companies, directors etc

Statistics on Acquittals in England and Wales
(as of 21 April 2009)

Nos of incidents (involving at least one death) that have resulted in acquittal	Total Nos of deaths involved in these incidents	Nos of Companies acquitted	Nos of Company Directors/Senior managers acquitted	Nos of Business Owners (i.e. sole traders or partners) acquitted
41	412	16	40	21

Statistics on Acquittals in Scotland (as of 23 March 2009)

Nos of incidents (involving at least one death) that have resulted in acquittal	Total Nos of deaths involved in these incidents	Nos of Companies acquitted	Nos of Company Directors/Senior managers acquitted	Nos of Business Owners (i.e. sole traders or partners) acquitted
1	4	1

Statistics on Acquittals in Northern Ireland
(as of 23 March 2009)

Nos of incidents (involving at least one death) that have resulted in acquittal	Total Nos of deaths involved in these incidents	Nos of Companies acquitted	Nos of Company Directors/Senior managers acquitted	Nos of Business Owners (i.e. sole traders or partners) acquitted
0

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