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Death on Corfu

Investigation into how the deaths in Corfu of British children Bobby and Christi Shepherd has raised serious doubts about the travel industry's safety standards.

Investigation into how the deaths in Corfu in October 2006 of British children Bobby and Christi Shepherd - poisoned by lethal fumes from a gas water heater as they slept - has raised serious doubts about the travel industry's safety standards.

A UK heating expert tells Panorama the gas boiler was faulty, incorrectly installed and dangerously adapted. The parents believe their children would still be alive if travel firm Thomas Cook had ensured proper safety audits were carried out.

40 minutes

Last on

Fri 6 Apr 2007 01:35

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  • Mon 2 Apr 2007 20:30
  • Fri 6 Apr 2007 01:35

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