Pontins failures ‘led to death’

Bosses at a former holiday camp should have the death of a woman from Legionnaires’ Disease “on their conscience”, said a judge.

Mother-of-two Karen Taylor, 53, from Birmingham, caught the bug while on holiday at the Pontins Holiday Centre in Blackpool, Lancashire, in July 2009.

She died on August 29 that year, Preston Crown Court was told. Pontins Ltd, which is currently in administration, was found guilty of breaching the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 by putting holidaymakers and staff at risk of harm through the management of the water system at the camp.