Liverpool rail guard charged with manslaughter over Georgia Varley death

Georgia was killed at James Street rail station in October last year

A Merseyrail guard has been charged with manslaughter following the death of teenager Georgia Varley at an underground station in Liverpool.

Schoolgirl Georgia, 16, was killed in October last year when she slipped between the platform and train at James Street station on the Merseyrail network.

The sixth former was heading into the city centre with a large group of people after leaving a friend's 18th birthday party, when she died.

It is thought that Georgia, from Wallasey, Wirral, mistakenly stepped-off the train at a stop before the one she wanted and slipped when she tried to get back on.

Merseyrail guard Christopher James McGee, 44, was suspended immediately following his arrest in November and has been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence.

McGee, of Edenhurst Avenue, Wallasey, will appear before Liverpool Magistrates Court on 23rd February.

A British Transport Police spokesman said: "A 44-year-old man from Wallasey has today been charged with manslaughter by gross negligence and will appear at Liverpool City Magistrates’ Court on 23 February.

"The charge relates to an incident at James Street rail station, Liverpool, on 22 October 2011, in which a 16-year-old girl suffered fatal injuries."

An inquest into Georgia's death is scheduled to resume on 3rd April at Liverpool Coroner's Court.

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