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| Title: | UK Athletics fined £350,000 for Paralympian's 'avoidable' death |
| Link: | Original article on itv.com |
| Region: | GB |
| Topics: | court; mr; world; collapse; avoidable; cage; base; athletics; hayayei; fined; 350000; uk; death; paralympians; cages; Sport of athletics; UK Athletics; Paralympic Games; King's Counsel; United Arab Emirates at the World Athletics Championships; Abdullah Hayayei; Corporate manslaughter; Negligence; Community service; Physical education |
| Datetime: | 6/2/2026, 12:28:23 PM |
| Summary: | UK Athletics Ltd has been fined £350,000 over the “wholly avoidable” death of a Paralympian killed when a practice cage collapsed on his head. UK Athletics Ltd pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter and on Tuesday was fined £350,000 plus £44,000 costs, to be paid over six years. Sentencing, Judge Richard Marks KC said the death of Mr Hayayei was “tragic, untimely and wholly avoidable”. UK Athletics, the national governing body for athletics in the UK, had an annual revenue of £13.8 million with a “modest profit” of £107,000, according to accounts to March 2025. "Our investigation demonstrated that for years, the cage, which was donated to UK Athletics after the 2012 Olympics, wasn’t being properly secured by UK Athletics and its representatives.... |
