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A hotel owner and self-employed security guard have denied charges related to the deaths of three teenagers queuing for a disco. Lauren Bullock, and Morgan Barnard, both 17, Connor Currie, 16, were killed in a horrific crush in Northern Ireland on St Patrick's Day in 2019.

The trio were planning on attending a dance at the at Greenvale Hotel in Cookstown, Co Tyrone. Hotel owner Michael McElhatton, 58, of Rock Road, Moneymore, Co Derry, and security worker Seamus Mitchell, 47, of Mullan Road, Coagh, Co Tyrone, appeared at Belfast Crown Court charged with three counts of manslaughter, which they deny.

Mr McElhatton also faces further health and safety charges as director of Tobin Limited, accused of failing to ensure the safety of non-employees. The families of the three

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