A falling window killed a grandfather at a luxury penthouse building.
Mick Ferris, 53, was struck by the 130kg pane as it fell 300 feet from the 26th floor of The Corniche on London’s Albert Embankment, a central London development overlooking the Thames.
The tragedy occurred at around 10.40am on October 2, 2018, as Mr Ferris, a coach driver, was returning to his vehicle.
Inner London Crown Court heard the window measured 85cm by 190cm, and two companies were found guilty of ignoring “foreseeable risks.”
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St James Group Ltd, a property developer, was fined £1 million, while facade contractor Lindner Prater was ordered to pay £300,000.
Both were convicted of “failing to discharge a duty” under section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Rachel Ferris, his widow, said: "What those companies did killed my husband.
"Mick was just minding his own business.
"One minute there, one minute gone.
"The thought this could have happened to anybody is always with me.
"It could have been a child."
An earlier incident in August 2017 saw another window fall from the same building, but the design was not substantially changed.
HSE principal inspector James Goldfinch said: "The reality is that anybody could have been walking past the building that day.
"Nobody’s life should be put in danger due to the clear failings of others."
Both companies were also ordered to pay £125,000 each in costs.
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