Building site boss faces sentence after Romanian labourer died in horror accident

Two construction firms are facing huge fines after a Romanian labourer was crushed to death under tonnes of soil when the trench he was digging collapsed in a ‘barely believable’ accident. Gheorghhita Arsene, 33, was using a pick and shovel to excavate the ten-foot deep pit by hand at a care home in Banstead, Surrey. The sides of the trench had not been properly secured and Mr Arsene died when the trench caved in on top of him. Rescuers frantically…

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