Bouncy castle pair guilty over girl’s death

♦ Two married fairground workers have been found guilty over the death of a girl who was killed when a bouncy castle she was playing on blew away.

William and Shelby Thurston were convicted of the gross negligence manslaughter of seven-year-old Summer Grant at Chelmsford Crown Court. Summer, of Norwich, died from multiple injuries in hospital after the inflatable blew 300 yards (270m) across a park in Harlow, Essex, in 2016.

Thurston, 29, and his wife Shelby, 26, of Wilburton, near Ely, Cambridgeshire, had denied the charge. Prosecutors said they failed to ensure the bouncy castle was “adequately anchored” or to monitor wind conditions. Sentencing was adjourned until a later date.