The FINANCIAL — UK Athletics Limited, the national governing body for athletics, was charged on Tuesday, 07 January with corporate manslaughter and offences under Section 3 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Keith Davies, 77 (06.05.1947) of Bushwood, Leytonstone and Head of Sport for the 2017 World Paralympic Athletics Championships was charged on Monday, 06 January with gross negligence manslaughter and offences under Section 7 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974.
Both UK Athletics and Davies are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday, 31 January.
An investigation was launched after emergency services responded to reports of a seriously injured man struck on the head by a metal pole during a training incident at Newham Leisure Centre in Prince Regent Lane, E13 on Tuesday, 11 July 2017. The man, Abdullah Hayayei, 36, a United Arab Emirates athlete, was sadly pronounced dead at the scene.
Corporate manslaughter is a criminal offence where a business or organisation is found to have caused a person’s death. Your business can be prosecuted for the offence of corporate manslaughter if the way you manage activities causes a death through a gross breach of duty of care to the deceased.
Manslaughter falls into two broad categories: involuntary and voluntary. Involuntary manslaughter is unlawful killing without the intent to kill or cause really serious harm and is a common law offence. There are two classes of involuntary manslaughter: unlawful act manslaughter and manslaughter by gross negligence.
The most commonly charged crime designated as “involuntary manslaughter” is vehicular homicide, where negligence or recklessness caused a car wreck that takes another person’s life. Here, the unlawful activity could be speeding, failure to control or distracted driving.
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3.2% (approximately 1.5 million people) had experienced stalking
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the number of homicides were similar (583 offences) compared with YE March 2023 (581 offences)
offences involving knives or sharp instruments (excluding Greater Manchester Police) increased by 4% (to 50,510 offences) compared with YE March 2023 (48,409 offences); this was 3% lower than YE March 2020 (51,982 offences)
offences involving firearms (excluding Devon and Cornwall Police) increased by 6% (to 6,268 offences) compared with YE March 2023 (5,917 offences), attributed mainly to a 24% increase in imitation firearms
robbery offences increased by 8% (to 81,019 offences) compared with YE March 2023 (75,012 offences)
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