article_snippet: A ski lift operator and Kieran Brookes employer have been charged with involuntary manslaughter over the death of a British teenager after a school trip to the French Alps.
article_snippet: Richard Cettour, 50, of Bonnevaux, France, who was supervising the lift at the time of the tragedy, and operator SAEM Sports et Tourisme a Chatel, will face a criminal trial in October accused of a series of serious health and safety breaches.
article_snippet: the firm and Cettour are accused of failing to enforce a rule banning skiers from boarding a six-seat ski lift while wearing backpacks, not carrying out daily checks on equipment and not ensuring a safety device which could stop a six-seat ski lift was properly installed.
article_snippet: Cettour is also accused of a number of failings, including not being at Cettour post at the time of the accident and not reacting to other skiers' calls to hit the emergency stop.
article_snippet: The family's lawyer Mark Montaldo, of Slater and Gordon, said: 'The French prosecutor has enough evidence to bring two charges of involuntary manslaughter in this case against the pilot of the ski lift and the company which employed The French prosecutor. '
highlights_snippet: Lift supervisor Richard Cettour is charged with involuntary manslaughter .
  