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Case against fatal fire care home owners collapses

A further attempt to prosecute the owners of a care home, where 14 elderly residents died in a fire, collapsed today.

A further attempt to prosecute the owners of a care home, where 14 elderly residents died in a fire, collapsed today.

Thomas Balmer, 61, Anne Balmer, 60, and their son Alan Balmer, 34, faced 17 charges over the fire at Rosepark Care Home in Uddingston in January 2004.