The poor English of a bungee-jumping instructor led to the death of a teen, a court has been told.

Vera Mol, 17, was told "no jump" by the instructor, but misheard it as "now jump" because of his poor English skills - and plunged to her untimely death, reports said.

The devastating incident happened on the bridge of Cabezon de la Sal, located in the northern Spanish province of Cantabria back in 2015 and now the instructor, who has not been named, has appeared in court accused of causing the Dutch teen's death.

Judges in the court of Cantabria, northern Spain, say the instructor should have checked for ID to make sure Vera was 18 years old, adding that his English was "macarronico" ('very bad').

It was heard how tragic Vera Mol died after a misunderstanding during the jumping process.

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The instructor is said to have shouted "no jump", but his pronunciation and English skills were so bad that the teen girl believed he had said "now jump" instead and took the plunge.

It is reported that the instructor was supposed to have said "don't jump" instead of "no jump" to avoid problems.

That bridge is also not supposed to be used for bungee jumping under Spanish regulations.

Flowtrack, who run the bungee jumping company which employed the man have said it was an accident.

Martijn Klom from the company said the girl's death was caused by a misunderstanding when she was receiving instructions for the jump.

According to Klom, the girl jumped when she was tied by the rope, but without being secured to the bridge.