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Firm fined £600k over prisoner legionnaires' death

5 December 2024: 

Graham Butterworth died on 5 December 2017 after contracting legionnaires' disease while serving a prison sentence at HMP Lincoln. 

Water samples from Butterworth's cell and nearby shower blocks tested positive for legionella days after the 71-year-old died, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) said.

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