Philip Evans QC led Tim Naylor in the prosecution of Dale Pike for the manslaughter by gross negligence of Gareth Pugh.

Pike employed Pugh to retrieve golf balls from a lake at a golf course near Newport. Pugh was not a trained diver and the safety measures employed were inadequate as a result of which Gareth Pugh drowned in the lake.

Pike pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 32 months imprisonment.

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