The court was told both men both had worked for the couple as contractors two or three days every week at their country home and neighbouring farm.
Mr Miles said prior to the incident he had not received any formal training on how to drive an ATV safety.
“We didn’t check them, we just rode them around. If there was anything obvious we would have stopped,” he said.
James Puzey, prosecuting, asked Mr Miles if checks were carried on the vehicle’s tyre pressure.
He responded: “If you noticed the tyres, you might pump them up, but otherwise you wouldn’t do anything.”
He said the tyres had been inflated to between eight and 10 PSI when in fact they should have been inflated to five PSI – something Mr Miles said was only discovered when a new tyre was put on to the quad bike.
“I think it was Nick [Prest] that told us it should be five. More was not good for it.
“We had no gauge to check the pressure accurately. We had a general purpose gauge.”
He said neither he nor Mr Marsden wore helmets or conducted daily checks on the ATVs.
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