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Death of Bradley Westell

Death of Bradley Westell

Fatal diving accident in the North Sea in 1995

Bradley Westell (1965/6 – 31 July 1995)[2] was a British commercial diver who died in the North Sea off Bacton, Norfolk after his umbilical was dragged into one of the thrusters of the diving support vessel Stena Orelia. This indirectly led to the 1997 conviction of diving supervisor Kenneth Roberts for perverting the course of justice,[3][4] and first prison sentence for a crime offshore working in the North Sea oil industry.[5]

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    Smart, Michael (2011). Into the Lion's Mouth: The Story of the Wildrake Diving Accident. Medford, Oregon: Lion's Mouth Publishing. pp. 387, 424 note 23. ISBN 978-0-615-52838-0. LCCN 2011915008.
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    Gall, Charlie (1 July 1997). "DIVE DEATH VIDEO WIPED; Cover-up bid after horror - court told". Daily Record. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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    "Supervisor cleared over diver's death". The Herald. 22 July 1997. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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    Limbrick, Jim (2001). North Sea Divers - a Requiem. Hertford: Authors OnLine. pp. 176–178. ISBN 0-7552-0036-5. Retrieved 12 September 2022 – via Google Books.
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    Smart 2011, pp. 358, 387
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