Alps ski lift operator guilty of manslaughter over death of British boy

Richard Cettour receives suspended sentence over death of Kieran Brookes, 14, from Devon, whose backpack became caught in lift mechanism

A French ski lift operator has been found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of a British teenager killed during a school trip.

Kieran Brookes, 14, from Devon, died when the straps of his backpack became entangled in the mechanism of the ski lift in Châtel, on the French-Swiss border, in February 2011.