Bank lawyers died in avalance

Two lawyers were crushed to death under tons of snow in the Italian Alps after skiing on a slope which had a ‘considerable’ avalanche risk, an inquest heard. Matt Ziegler, 43, and Katherine Clarke, 39, were on an annual trip in the resort of Courmayeur with colleagues from Barclays Bank in February when the pair went missing. On 3 February – scheduled to be the last day of the trip – the pair went out after the slopes re-opened following…