A gas fitter has pleaded guilty to causing the deaths of two teenagers by carbon monoxide poisoning at a holiday apartment at a Co Derry seaside resort nearly three-and-a-half years ago.
Neil McFerran and Aaron Davidson.
Friends Neil McFerran and Aaron Davidson, from Newtownabbey in Co Antrim, were found dead by their parents after being overcome by the gas while holidaying in Castlerock on 3 August 2010.
George Brown (52), from Ballygawley Road, Aghadowey, Co Derry had initially denied a charge of manslaughter, but changed his plea to guilty today when he appeared at Coleraine Crown Court sitting at Laganside Courthouse in Belfast.
He had also previously denied a further 19 charges involving failures in health and safety legislation.
They included failure to protect non-employees, failing to ensure those fitting gas appliances were qualified, and incorrectly fitting and failing to test that appliances were correctly connected.
The two 18-year-old friends, former prefects at Glengormley High School, had been on a break in the seaside town before getting their exam results.
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