UK Athletics is fined £350,000 after admitting corporate manslaughter connected to the 2017 death of UAE Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei. Multiple outlets report that the 36-year-old, described as a father of five, was training at Newham Leisure Centre in east London on 11 July 2017 ahead of the World Para Athletics Championships. He was injured when a metal throwing cage used for events such as shot put collapsed or fell onto him. Several reports say the incident occurred in strong winds, indicating adverse weather at the time. The Evening Standard and other outlets describe the death as “avoidable” in reporting on the case outcome. Al Jazeera and the Independent also link the fine to the circumstances of the cage failure during his preparation for the championships. The fine follows UK Athletics’ legal plea of corporate manslaughter and is presented across outlets as a response to safety failings related to event and facility risk management. No outlets provided further details in the supplied excerpts about sentencing guidelines beyond the fine amount and the underlying charge.
UK Athletics fined £350,000 over UAE Paralympian’s 2017 cage-collapse death
UK Athletics is fined £350,000 after admitting corporate manslaughter connected to the 2017 death of UAE Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei. Multiple outlets report that the 36-year-old, described as a fath...
- Abdullah Hayayei, 36, died on 11 July 2017 while training at Newham Leisure Centre in east London.
- He was preparing for the World Para Athletics Championships at the time of the incident.
- A metal throwing/shot-put cage collapsed or fell on him during training.
- UK Athletics is fined £350,000 after a guilty plea to corporate manslaughter.
- Some reporting attributes contributing circumstances to strong winds at the time of the collapse.
UK Athletics has been fined £350,000 after pleading guilty to corporate manslaughter over the 2017 death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei. Hayayei was killed while training in London ahead of the World Para Athletics Championships. The case has exposed glaring lapses in event safety and prompted fresh scrutiny of how major sporting bodies manage risk for […] By Faz Ali
2 months agoAbdullah Hayayei, from the United Arab Emirates, was preparing for the 2017 World Paralympic Athletics Championships at the Newham Leisure Centre when a metal throwing cage fell on him.
2 months agoAbdullah Hayayei, 36, was preparing to represent the United Arab Emirates at the World Athletics Championships in London when a practice cage collapsed on his head during training
2 months agoFather-of-five Abdullah Hayayei, 36, died in the incident at Newham Leisure Centre in east London in 2017
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2 months agoAbdullah Hayayei was killed in London in 2017 while preparing for the World Para Athletics Championships.
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