In Merlin [4], following the Alton Towers rollercoaster crash, the Crown Court declined to move outside the Guideline sentencing ranges, despite a turnover of # 400m and an offence in the highest harm and
culpability categories.
In order to conduct a thorough study into what led to a specific goal I decided to create three
culpability categories:
Not exact matches
The previous starting threshold recommended for all corporate manslaughter convictions was # 500,000, but under the new guidelines, a
category A (high
culpability) offence committed by a large organisation would start at # 7.5 million with a
category range of between # 4.8 — # 20 million.
However even if it were not dangerous in this sense, at these and higher levels the sentencing decision would normally fall within the two most serious
categories of
culpability.