Qatar: Legal action launched against oil rig co. Film Ocean after UK worker killed by colleague
Summary
Date Reported: 2 Jul 2024
Location: Qatar
Companies
Film-Ocean - EmployerAffected
Total individuals affected: 1
Migrant & immigrant workers: ( Number unknown - United Kingdom , Oil, gas & coal , Men , Unknown migration status )Issues
Deaths , Access to Information , Access to Non-Judicial RemedyResponse
Response sought: No
Action taken: Legal action launched against Film-Ocean.
Source type: News outlet
““Why would he do such a dreadful thing?”: Widow of slain oil rig worker says questions still remain about Qatar killing”
The wife of an offshore oil rig worker killed by a colleague in Qatar says questions still remain about the case.
Kirstie Graham said she has still has no answers as to why her partner, Robbie Robson, was killed on the Seafox Burj rig in December 2022.
Robson, 38, was attacked with a 10kg iron weight by colleague and room-mate, Scott Forrest, 43, of Maud, Aberdeenshire.
Forrest has been in custody in Doha ever since and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for manslaughter earlier this year, but the Qatar’s court process has been shrouded in secrecy.
Since the verdict, Ms Graham claims she has been left unable to establish why her partner was killed…
The three men were employed by subsea contracting firm Film-Ocean Ltd, based in Ellon, Aberdeenshire…
Ms Graham also said Robson had complained to his employer about the sleeping arrangements on the Qatari oil rig, asking to be moved cabins.
She has now launched legal action against Film-Ocean over Robson’s death.