Accidental death for man killed by JCB on Bamford farm

An inquest jury has returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of a man who was killed on a farm belonging to Sir Anthony Bamford's wife after he was run over by a JCB.

Anthony Cripps, 57, was perched in a grain bucket on a JCB Loadall in order to pick elderflower at Lady Carole Bamford's Daylesford Farm in Gloucestershire when the accident happened in June last year.

He fell backwards as the 7t machine, which bore a sign forbidding people to ride in the bucket, went over uneven ground at 5mph.

He then fell under the offside front wheel and sustained head and chest injuries.

Driver Gareth Trueman, 22, told an inquest into Cripps' death last week that he had no training to operate the Loadall but three seniors and a farm manager allowed him to do so anyway.

Trueman was arrested but it was decided that there was insufficient evidence to charge him with negligent manslaughter.