Farmers cleared over death of ELO cellist under giant hay bale

Two men not responsible for giant bale rolling out of farm and on to road, Plymouth court rulesTwo men have been acquitted of charges related to the death of former ELO cellist Mike Edwards in 2010. A Plymouth court found that Brian Burden and Russell Williams were not responsible for an accident in which Mike Edwards was crushed by a giant bale of hay.Edwards was driving his van near Totnes in Devon on 3 September 2010, when a rolling hay bale burst through a wire fence, a thin hedge, and on to...

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