The governing frame and head of game for the 2017 Global Paralympic Athletics Championships each deny manslaughter
UK Athletics has pleaded no longer accountable to a fee of company manslaughter and a well being and protection offence, following the loss of life of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei.
Hayayei, who had competed on the Rio Paralympics in 2016, died after a steel throwing cage fell on him at Newham Recreational Centre on July 11, 2017.
The United Arab Emirates athlete used to be coaching in preparation to compete within the F34 discus, javelin and shot put on the Global Para Athletics Championships in London.
Keith Davies, head of game for the 2017 Global Paralympic Athletics Championships, additionally pleaded no longer accountable to a fee of gross negligence manslaughter and a well being and protection offence.
Each the governing frame, courtesy of Simon Antrobus KC, and Davies seemed on the Outdated Bailey on Tuesday (March 18) to go into their pleas.
The Met Police introduced an investigation following Hayayei’s loss of life, with the Crown Prosecution Provider authorising fees on account of a evaluate of proof supplied by means of the pressure.
Keith Davies (Mark Shearman)
Consistent with the fees, Davies, now 77, is claimed to have “unlawfully killed” Hayayei, in addition to an alleged failure to “take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and of other persons who may have been affected by your acts and omissions at work”.
UK Athletics, between October 2012 and July 2017, used to be accused of “failing to construct a discus cage with its base for international athletics and para-athletics”.
It used to be additionally alleged that the governing frame “routinely” equipped/supplied shot put and discus cages at occasions between 2012 and 2017 that have been “without their said base structures”.
The governing frame faces claims of well being and protection breaches by means of senior control as neatly.
An eight-week trial used to be set for October 12, 2026 on the Outdated Bailey. A case control listening to is to happen on the similar court docket on December 12, 2025.
Davies used to be launched on unconditional bail.
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