The Sentencing Guidelines Council (SGC), the body that sets sentencing bands for criminal offences, said fines “may be millions of pounds and should seldom be below £500,000” in its final guidance document.

“The advice is clear – punitive and significant fines should be imposed both to deter and to reflect public concern at avoidable loss of life,” the SGC said.

Corporate Manslaughter was introduced as a specific criminal offence in the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007 which became law in 2008.

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