Fed: Bender family distressed by DPP decision to drop charges

AAP General News (Australia)
02-09-2001
Fed: Bender family distressed by DPP decision to drop charges

A decision to drop manslaughter charges against the shot-firer for the botched Canberra
Hospital implosion has devastated the family of the 12-year-old girl killed by flying
debris.

KATIE BENDER died after being hit by a chunk of steel from the failed implosion three-and-a-half
years ago.

Family members say they're disappointed by the Director of Public Prosecutions' decision
not to go ahead with criminal charges against shot-firer RODNEY DOUGLAS MCCRACKEN.

MCCRACKEN, the demolition and explosives expert hired for the …