Accused pair could face years in jail before trial.
A judge has denied a motion seeking bail for Griffin Campbell, a demolition contractor awaiting trial on murder charges in last year’s fatal Center City building collapse.
Campbell, 50, is charged with six counts of third-degree murder, six counts of involuntary manslaughter and other offences. He has been in jail since the District Attorney’s Office filed the charges against him in late November.
He was the contractor overseeing demolition of a building next to a Salvation Army thrift store at 22nd and Market streets when a wall from the building fell onto the thrift shop June 5, 2013, killing six people and injuring 13 others.
Neither Campbell nor co-defendant and excavator operator Sean Benschop appeared in court. But Campbell’s wife, mother, stepfather and more than a dozen other family members and longtime friends sat in the gallery to show support.
Both men face automatic life sentences if convicted.
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