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Engineer sentenced to 4 years prison for fatal Russian roof collapse

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Published 09 February, 2007, 11:25

A Russian chief engineer has been sentenced to 4 years prison following the collapse of a swimming pool roof in Russia's Perm region in December 2005. Another specialist from the company is on the wanted list.

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The court in the Chusovoy city found Aleksey Shvetsov, from UralPromExpert, falsified the results of a report into the building's safety. As a result, the owner failed to have essential repairs carried out at the swimming pool.

14 people, including 10 children, were killed and 11 were injured when the roof caved in.

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