Fatal diving accident in the North Sea in 1995
Death of Bradley Westell Date 31 July 1995 (1995-07-31 ) Location North Sea , ScotlandCause Umbilical drawn into vessel thruster Participants Bradley Westell Deaths 1 (Westell) Trial As to hindering or frustrating an investigation, or dishonest conduct short of perjury (perverting the course of justice): Case No. T960640, Regina v. Kenneth Roberts [ 1]
Bradley Westell (1965/6 – 31 July 1995)[ 2] was a British commercial diver who died in the North Sea off Bacton, Norfolk after his umbilical was dragged into one of the thrusters of the diving support vessel Stena Orelia . This indirectly led to the 1997 conviction of diving supervisor Kenneth Roberts for perverting the course of justice ,[ 3] [ 4] and first prison sentence for a crime offshore working in the North Sea oil industry.[ 5]
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