A paper milling company has appeared in court accused of health and safety breaches in relation to the death of an executive at a plant in Devon.
Operations director John Stoddard, aged 41, was crushed to death in an accident at the St Regis Paper Mill at Higher Kings, Cullompton in September 2011.
An inquest last May recorded a verdict of accidental death after hearing how Mr Stoddard died after being pulled onto a moving conveyor belt and dragged into machinery.
The company, now called D S Smith Paper, appeared at a preliminary hearing before Judge Francis Gilbert, QC, at Exeter Crown Court to face two allegations under health and safety legislation.
No plea was taken during the short preliminary hearing and the case was adjourned until February 24, 2015.
