SEAN BENSCHOP and Griffin Campbell, charged in the June 5
building collapse in Center City that killed six people, will have a joint
preliminary hearing Feb. 18, a judge ruled yesterday.
Municipal Judge Patrick Dugan also denied defense attorney
Daine Grey's request to reduce Benschop's $1.6 million bail on most of the
charges he faces and refused to give him bail on one count of conspiracy to
commit third-degree murder.
Benschop, 42, is charged with six counts of involuntary
manslaughter and numerous related counts for using an excavator to knock the
wall of a building being demolished onto the Salvation Army thrift store at
22nd and Market streets. In addition to the fatalities, 13 people were trapped
in the rubble and injured.
Campbell, 49, the owner of the construction company that
hired Benschop, is charged with six counts of third-degree murder and related
counts. Under state law, he is not eligible for bail because he faces a life
sentence if convicted on all counts.
Source: Philly.com
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