{"id":87618,"date":"2023-11-15T12:10:32","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=87618"},"modified":"2023-11-15T12:10:32","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T12:10:32","slug":"parents-agony-after-girl-3-flung-20ft-like-a-cannon-killed-in-trampoline-explosion-as-owner-jailed-for-six-months-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/parents-agony-after-girl-3-flung-20ft-like-a-cannon-killed-in-trampoline-explosion-as-owner-jailed-for-six-months-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents\u2019 agony after girl, 3, flung 20ft 'like a cannon' & killed in trampoline explosion as owner jailed for six months | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

A FUNFAIR business owner has been jailed for six months after a three-year-old girl was killed when an inflatable trampoline exploded.<\/p>\n

Ava-May Littleboy suffered fatal head injuries after she was flung 20ft into the air on Gorleston beach in Norfolk.<\/p>\n


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Tragically, the youngster had been on a family day out when the horror<\/span> unfolded in front of her loved ones in July 2018.<\/p>\n

Curt Johnson, operations manager at Johnson's Funfair Ltd, has now been jailed for six months after he admitted two counts of breaching health<\/span> and safety laws.<\/p>\n

The business<\/span> was also fined \u00a320,000 at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court today.<\/p>\n

Ava-May's parents Nathan Rowe and Chloe Littleboy hugged as the sentence was handed down today, while other family members sobbed.<\/p>\n

In a victim impact statement, Nathan said: "I feel inadequate as a parent.<\/p>\n

"I took my child on holiday and she was killed. Knowing she'd never walk through the door again into our house<\/span> was just soul-destroying."<\/p>\n

Her mum Chloe<\/span> added: "Every day after losing Ava was a blur<\/span>. How do you start to plan the funeral<\/span> of your three year old daughter?"<\/p>\n

The court heard Johnson had raised concerns the inflatable was not fit for purpose but still continued to use it.<\/p>\n

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In a bid to drive-down costs, he had purchased the trampoline and other items from a Chinese company.<\/p>\n

It had been inspected just four days before Ava-May's death and was found to be unsafe to use.<\/p>\n

Despite this, no record was made and no action was taken to stop it being used as it was not registered with an official testing scheme.<\/p>\n

Johnson didn't even have operating and safety instructions for the budget inflatables.<\/p>\n

Horrified witnesses described Ava-May being thrown "higher than a house" when the inflatable burst with a sound "like a cannon".<\/p>\n

A funfair worker had rushed over with his arms outstretched to catch her but couldn't reach her in time.<\/p>\n

The youngster, who appeared to be unconscious before she fell to the ground, was rushed to hospital but couldn't be saved.<\/p>\n

A nine-year-old child was also on the trampoline at the time but was not injured.<\/p>\n

Speaking about the horror previously, mum Chloe said: "Although I was screaming I couldn't actually cry.<\/p>\n

"I just stood there shaking and screaming."<\/p>\n

Sentencing today, District judge Christopher Williams said Johnson was "wilfully blind to the risk" and that the inflatable "should not have been in use".<\/p>\n

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He added: "I reflect on the suffering and anguish the family have been through.<\/p>\n

"Ultimately a child unnecessarily lost their life because of failures on your part to ensure you had appropriate risk assessments in place."<\/p>\n


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