Prosecutors asked to consider corporate manslaughter charges after death of Nargis Begum, 62

A coroner investigating a smart motorway death has referred Highways England to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to consider whether corporate manslaughter charges are appropriate.

Nargis Begum, 62, from Sheffield, died on a stretch of the M1 without a hard shoulder in South Yorkshire, near Woodhall services, in September 2018.

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