Jury begins deliberation on hotel gas death

A jury will today commence deliberations in the trial of a plumber accused of the manslaughter of a woman at an hotel four years ago.

Richard Davis, aged 46, from Killanully, Ballygarvan, Co Cork, is on trial for manslaughter of Miriam Reidy and two breaches of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005.

His company, Davis Heating and Plumbing Contractors of Marina Commercial Park in Cork, is charged with two similar breaches of the safety act relating to the conversion of a gas boiler at the Trident Hotel, in Kinsale on January 4, 2011. All charges are denied.