Eight are to face charges following death at hotel

The owners of Seabank Hotel and a construction company are among eight people facing charges of involuntary homicide of a Latvian man more than three years after he was crushed to death during works on the Mellieħa hotel. The charges of negligence were issued by the police two weeks ago and only came to light after The Sunday Times of Malta started raising questions about the 2012 tragedy that killed Maksims Artamonovs, 27. Mr Artamonovs, the sole breadwinner of his family in Latvia, was dismantling the scaffolding in the car park beneath the nightclub when the whole structure collapsed, probably killing him instantly. The young man was employed by B&B Holdings and Investments Ltd, which was contracted to work on the hotel’s €20 million refurbishment. Read more in The Sunday Times of Malta.