Article: It's insulting to think my wee mum is valued at little more than the cost of staying for one month at Bosepark; pounds 3000-a-life offer sickens relatives of OAPs killed in care home blaze: EXCLUSIVE.(News)

Article: Blaze victims failed by a legal loophole
Scotland on Sunday;  May 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Glasgow on a legal technicality. The Balmers' partnership, which ran the Rosepark ... cannot hold anyone legally to blame. The Balmers had previously been due to stand trial ... fresh indictment was then served on the Balmers last September. Yesterday, Mulholland ...

Article: Rosepark owners escape charges The decision to drop criminal ...
Press and Journal, The Aberdeen (UK);  June 28, 2007 ;     637 words ... ... related to the employer and, although the Balmers were partners in the firm operating the ... s appeal against the decision. The Balmers welcomed the judgment. In a statement ... Prosecutors said the case against the Balmers was not over. A Crown Office spokesman ...

Article: Anger as nursing home fire charges are thrown out.(News)
The Daily Mail (London, England);  May 20, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... followed a new attempt to prosecute the Balmers after previous attempts failed in 2007 ... case had been doomed as the company the Balmers had run, Rosepark Care Home of Uddingston, Lanarkshire, had been dissolved. The Balmers could have each faced up to two years ...

Article: Fury as care home blaze case fails a second time; (1) Tragedy: ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  July 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... halted after a legal challenge by the Balmers over the wording of the charges. The ... yesterday its attempt to prosecute the Balmers failed for a second time. Families of ... investigation into its handling of this.' The Balmers owned Rosepark Care Home, also known ...

Article: Police quiz owners of fire horror care home; Couple interviewed ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  June 2, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... are now with their legal team.' The Balmers - who own Rosepark Care Home in Uddingston ... in them. They were all sitting in the Balmers' driveway. 'I didn't know what was ... before being released without charge. The Balmers were held under section 14 of the Criminal ...

Article: TRAGEDY AT ROSEPARK: Owner: We're devastated.(News)
Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland);  February 1, 2004 ;     455 words ... ... Croft bank House Nursing Home, which the Balmers also own, and the couple raced from their ... too are shocked and grieving.'' The Balmers praised the emergency services and their ... investigating the cause of the fire. The Balmers added: ''Until this inquiry has been ...

Article: Brothers log ambitious goals; Throughout their young lives, Matt ...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  September 2, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... s sales to $230,000 in 1999, the Balmers' first full year in business. It wasn ... was pure hell," Matt recalled. The Balmers started with bedroom furniture, later ... inventory occasionally ran short. The Balmers, both of whom were studying business ...