Management company admits breaking health and safety laws after 'popular, beautiful and ambitious' university worker, 29, was killed by falling panel as she walked past Starbucks during Storm Doris Tahnie Martin, 29, was walking past a Starbucks when she was hit by the panel Panel came from the roof of Mander Centre and it hit Tahnie during Storm Doris Company that manages the building have admitted breaching health and safety The university worker, from Stafford originally, died after she was struck in 2017 By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline Published: 18:08 BST, 4 April 2019 | Updated: 18:08 BST, 4 April 2019 Viewcomments A building management company has admitted to breaching health and safety laws after a 'popular, beautiful and ambitious' woman was killed by a wooden panel that fell from a shopping centre during Storm Doris. University worker Tahnie Martin, 29, was walking past a Starbucks when she was hit by a water tank cover that fell from the roof of the Mander Centre in Wolverhampton during the storm on February 23, 2017. Cushman and Wakefield Debenham Tie Leung Limited, the company responsible for managing the building, has now admitted to a health and safety offence that led to the 29-year-old's death. An inquest had previously heard that the panel, from a mothballed plant room, was rotten with corroded fixings and may not have been maintained for almost 20 years. 'Popular, beautiful and ambitious' university worker Tahnie Martin, 29, was walking past a Starbucks when Storm Doris blew a panel off a roof, which then struck her A hearing will now take place at Wolverhampton Crown Court on May 8 before a sentence is passed. Speaking after the hearing, Richard Phillips, senior solicitor for City of Wolverhampton Council, said Tahnie's parents, Rosie and Jim, had been 'shattered' by the loss of their daughter. Mr Phillips said: 'She was a popular, beautiful and ambitious young woman who had a very bright future cruelly stolen from her in the most shocking of circumstances owing to the failings of the defendant, Cushman and Wakefield Debenham Tie Leung Limited. 'City of Wolverhampton Council's environmental health team carried out a comprehensive investigation, into the circumstances around Tahnie's death and their diligence has led to this successful criminal prosecution for breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act. Tahnie had a 'very bright future', according to her parents who added that they had been 'shattered' by her death Cushman and Wakefield Debenham Tie Leung Limited has now admitted to a health and safety offence that led to the 29-year-old's death 'We welcome the guilty plea of the defendant, made at the earliest opportunity, which means the family will not have to go through the stress of a trial.' He stressed that Tahnie's death was 'preventable' and 'simply should not have happened'. Mr Phillips said: 'Had the defendant fulfilled its legal duty to properly maintain the building structures above our main high street, she would still be with her family today. 'It is our hope that this case will highlight to all those responsible for the maintenance of buildings of the need to thoroughly understand what they are responsible for and that buildings are suitably maintained to ensure such a devastating incident never occurs again.' Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility