UK Athletics and the organisation’s former head of sport Keith Davies have been charged with manslaughter over the death of Paralympian Abdullah Hayayei. Hayayei died aged 36 after a metal cage fell on him while training at Newham Leisure Centre, London in July 2017. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has charged UK Athletics Limited with “corporate manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence”. Davies, 77, has been charged with “gross negligence manslaughter and a health and safety at work act offence”. UK Athletics and Davies will appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 31 January. Hayayei was training for the World Para-athletics Championships in London at the time of the incident. The United Arab Emirates thrower had been set to compete in the shot put, discus and javelin F34 events. Hayayei, a father of five, finished sixth in the javelin F34 and seventh in the F34 shot put when making his Paralympic debut at Rio 2016.
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