UK Athletics charged with manslaughter over death...
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...of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei.
Perhaps someone with better/more knowledge of the situation can explain why the CPS is going after UK Athletics. Are UK Athletics responsible for maintaining the equipment or H&S standards at Newham Leisure Centre?
BBC said:
UK Athletics and the organisation's former head of sport Keith Davies have been charged with manslaughter over the death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei.
Hayayei died aged 36 after a metal cage fell on him while training at Newham Leisure Centre, London in July 2017.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged UK Athletics Limited with "corporate manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence".
Davies, 77, has been charged with "gross negligence manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence".
UK Athletics and Davies will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 31 January.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c05p5md9gzloHayayei died aged 36 after a metal cage fell on him while training at Newham Leisure Centre, London in July 2017.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged UK Athletics Limited with "corporate manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence".
Davies, 77, has been charged with "gross negligence manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence".
UK Athletics and Davies will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 31 January.
Perhaps someone with better/more knowledge of the situation can explain why the CPS is going after UK Athletics. Are UK Athletics responsible for maintaining the equipment or H&S standards at Newham Leisure Centre?
g3org3y said:
...of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei.
Perhaps someone with better/more knowledge of the situation can explain why the CPS is going after UK Athletics. Are UK Athletics responsible for maintaining the equipment or H&S standards at Newham Leisure Centre?
It'll be for a bloody good reason, post HSE report.BBC said:
UK Athletics and the organisation's former head of sport Keith Davies have been charged with manslaughter over the death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei.
Hayayei died aged 36 after a metal cage fell on him while training at Newham Leisure Centre, London in July 2017.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged UK Athletics Limited with "corporate manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence".
Davies, 77, has been charged with "gross negligence manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence".
UK Athletics and Davies will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 31 January.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/c05p5md9gzloHayayei died aged 36 after a metal cage fell on him while training at Newham Leisure Centre, London in July 2017.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged UK Athletics Limited with "corporate manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence".
Davies, 77, has been charged with "gross negligence manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence".
UK Athletics and Davies will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 31 January.
Perhaps someone with better/more knowledge of the situation can explain why the CPS is going after UK Athletics. Are UK Athletics responsible for maintaining the equipment or H&S standards at Newham Leisure Centre?
It may not have been defective equipment, or a H&S failure for NLC.
Picture of the downed cage here, it looks pretty substantial, but there's several large blocks visible, so it might be a portable one brought by UKA if they organised the event?
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