A COMPANY has been found guilty in connection with the death of an Unsworth teenager.

Cameron Minshull, aged 16, was fatally injured in January 2013, when he got stuck in a lathe he was operating at Huntley Mount Engineering (HME) in Huntley Mount Road, Bury.

Police and the Health and Safety Executive investigated why HME's bosses allowed an inexperienced apprentice to work a machine that had been deliberately been made less safe.

They also asked why Lime People Training Solutions Ltd (LPTS), which arranged the apprenticeship, did not follow the correct procedure to protect its client.

After a three-day trial at Manchester Crown Court, a jury today took an hour of deliberation to find West Yorkshire-based LPTS guilty of failing to ensure the health and safety of a person other than an employee.

HME had previously admitted corporate manslaughter.

Both firms have since ceased trading.

HME director Zaffar Hussain, aged 59, of Bridgefield Drive, Bury, and his son, HME supervisor Akbar Hussain, aged 36, of the same address, had previously admitted serious breaches of health and safety laws.

A sentence hearing began this afternoon and is due to conclude next Tuesday.