{"id":35182,"date":"2026-04-26T06:01:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/balfour-gets-trial-date-for-nuclear-site-death\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T06:01:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T13:01:24","slug":"balfour-gets-trial-date-for-nuclear-site-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/balfour-gets-trial-date-for-nuclear-site-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Balfour gets trial date for nuclear site death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-507682\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Balfour appeared at Reading Crown Court this week for a pre-trial preparation hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The charges relate to an incident which occurred at the nuclear site in West Berkshire on 6 July 2023 when Stuart Cook, 58, a construction worker from East London, died after sustaining fatal injuries.<\/p>\n<p>A trial date was scheduled for 22 May 2028, at Reading Crown Court, which is expected to last two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>At a previous hearing in March, Balfour Beatty Group Limited pleaded not guilty to failing to safety charges.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-info\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\">\n<div class=\"sleeve\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/userphoto\/3.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Prior\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"photo\">\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .author-info -->\t\t\t<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionenquirer.com\/2026\/04\/23\/balfour-gets-trial-date-for-nuclear-site-death\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Balfour appeared at Reading Crown Court this week for a pre-trial preparation hearing. The charges relate to an incident &#8230; <a title=\"Balfour gets trial date for nuclear site death\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/balfour-gets-trial-date-for-nuclear-site-death\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Balfour gets trial date for nuclear site death\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1089],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-construction-enquirer","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35182\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}