Tom Kark QC and Kerry Broome will today open for the prosecution at the Old Bailey in the trial of the pilot of the Shoreham air show disaster.

The disaster, on the 22nd August 2015, was the worst UK air show accident since the 1952 Farnborough air show crash.

The pilot, Andrew Hill, faces 11 counts of manslaughter by gross negligence.

This matter has been heavily featured in the press; please see reports in the BBC, The Telegraph, The Independent and the Guardian.