FAULTY BOILER INQUEST VERDICT

THE jury in a four day inquest into the death of a man who was house-sitting in North Chailey has delivered a verdict of accidental death, contributed to by neglect.

By The Newsroom

Published 22nd Jan 2007, 10:19 BST

Updated 7th Jun 2018, 22:50 BST

Peter Lewis-Griffiths, 66, was looking after his brother's home in East Grinstead Road when he was found dead in bed by the cleaner on April 9, 2002.

A later investigation by gas engineers found a boiler below his bedroom had leaked lethal amounts of carbon monoxide which travelled through a hole in the ceiling, into an airing cupboard and across the landing to his room.

And a computer error meant that the faulty boiler had not been serviced by British Gas for more than a year.

British Gas in a statement released after the verdict said: 'We have campaigned for many years to raise awareness of the dangers of carbon monoxides poisoning and we are deeply saddened that something like this could happen in one of our customer's homes.'

British Gas