Oscar winner cleared in Batman cameraman's death

[March 15, 2011]  LONDON (AP) -- A British jury has cleared an Oscar-winning special effects supervisor over the death of a cameraman during the making of "Batman: The Dark Knight."

New Zealand-born Conway Wickliffe, 41, was killed when a vehicle he was filming from struck a tree during a test run for an action sequence near Chertsey, west of London, in September 2007.

The jury at Guildford Crown Court took less than two hours Monday to find Christopher Corbould, 53, unanimously not guilty of failing to ensure Wickliffe's safety.

Corbould -- who won an Oscar for his visual effects work on "Inception" -- has said he had followed safety procedures correctly and informed staff, including Wickliffe, of every detail of the stunt.

[Associated Press]

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