Company and man charged with causing the death of Paralympian athlete

Met detectives have charged both UK Athletics and a man in connection with the death of Paralympian athlete Abdullah Hayayei during a training incident in 2017.

UK Athletics Limited, the national governing body for athletics, was charged on Tuesday, 7 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 Wednesday, 8 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.