Overview
- On Tuesday the Old Bailey ordered UK Athletics to pay a £350,000 fine and £44,000 in costs after the body pleaded guilty to corporate manslaughter in the death of Abdullah Hayayei.
- Former head of sport Keith Davies admitted a health and safety offence and was sentenced to 175 hours of unpaid work in relation to the same incident.
- Prosecutors established the practice throwing cage had been assembled incorrectly and was missing a base plate, a defect that made the 440lb structure unstable and allowed it to topple on July 11, 2017.
- The conviction followed a multi‑year Metropolitan Police inquiry that reviewed over 1,500 documents, about 160 witness statements and specialist engineering reports to show persistent failures to fit and check the cages given after London 2012.
- Hayayei’s widow gave an impact statement describing lasting psychological and financial harm to the family and UK Athletics said it accepts the court’s decision and has introduced changes to safety, governance and event operations.