Berkeley probe may lead to charges

The owners and others responsible for the the building in Berkeley, California, where six Irish students died could face manslaughter charges, the local District Attorney indicated yesterday.

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley said that involuntary manslaughter charges could result from a criminal investigation into the balcony collapse on June 16.

However, Ms O’Malley told ABC News in San Francisco that her office’s investigation into the collapse of the fourth-floor balcony was just beginning and therefore it was far too early to speculate as to what its conclusions might be.