Fatal wall collapse in Melbourne leads to $250000 fine - SBS

A Grocon company has been fined 250-thousand dollars over a Melbourne CBD wall collapse that killed three people.

Grocon Victoria Street Pty Ltd faced a maximum fine of $305,000 after pleading guilty to one count of failing to ensure a safe workplace.

Magistrate Charles Rozencwajg said every member of the public had been placed at risk as a result of the failure to ensure a safe workplace.

Teenage Melbourne siblings Alexander and Bridget Jones and Frenchwoman Marie-Faith Fiawoo, 33, were killed when a 15-metre section of brick wall fell onto Swanston Street in the CBD in March last year.

The court previously heard Grocon Victoria Street contracted Aussie Signs Pty Ltd to attach advertising hoarding to the wall which the prosecution said increased the chances the wall would collapse, but did not cause it.