Gas fitter guilty of manslaughter

A GAS fitter has been convicted of the manslaughter of a millionaire’s daughter who died from carbon monoxide poisoning following the botched installation of a boiler.

Andrew Hartley, 37, fitted the new boiler into Zoe Anderson’s Bath home less than two weeks before she was overcome by gas fumes.

A jury at Bristol Crown Court found Hartley guilty of manslaughter by gross negligence by a majority of ten to two following a two-week trial.

He had already admitted a charge of breaching the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 by failing to secure the boiler flue pipe with screws.