Md cleared

20th October 1978, Page 5

20th October 1978

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Keywords : Brunskill, Surnames, Hartlepool, Teesside, Law / Crime

WILLIAM Brunskill, former managing director of a transport company which handled major steel haulage contracts in the North-East, has been cleared in court of corrupting two British Steel Corporation traffic officials.

Mr Brunskill, 63, was found not guilty by a jury at Teesside Crown Court on seven bribery charges. His firm, William Brunskill and Son Transport Ltd of Hartlepool, Cleveland, was cleared of a similar charge.

The firm, which once had a Elm a year turnover folded after police enquiries began in 1976 into an alleged web of corruption imong private hauliers and British Steel Transport Department )fficials on Teesside.

In a series of court hearings five BSC managers and two laulage firms were sentenced, but Mr Brunskill fought through .wo lengthy trials to clear his name.

The prosecution in the latest trial claimed that Mr Brunskill )ribed up-and-coming steel managers Michael Doggett and John Potter between 1974 and 1976.

Mr Brunskill was awarded the costs of his trial out of central 'unds.

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