Jersey Gas Workers to Face Jury Trial Over Fatal Flat Explosion Three former gas engineers charged in connection with a deadly explosion at a Jersey apartment complex are set to go on trial in September 2026. Lee Ward, 58, Neil Armstrong, 57, and John Wright, 59, appeared before Jersey’s Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. Each has entered a not-guilty plea to 10 counts of gross negligence manslaughter, relating to the deaths of 10 residents at the Haut du Mont flats in St Helier
