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Football club admits failures after goalpost crushes boy | |
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A football club breached health and safety laws over the death of a 12-year-old who was crushed by a goalpost. | A football club breached health and safety laws over the death of a 12-year-old who was crushed by a goalpost. |
Schoolboy Casey Breese was playing football with four friends in July 2011 when he was struck by the metal goalpost in Caersws, Powys. | |
Caersws FC pleaded guilty to failing to discharge a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act. | Caersws FC pleaded guilty to failing to discharge a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act. |
The club admitted the offence at Mold Crown Court and will be sentenced on Wednesday afternoon. | |
On the day Casey was fatally injured, he was acting as goal keeper during a kick-about with friends. | |
As he went to make a save, his foot caught in the net and as he tried to get his foot loose he fell on his stomach. The goalpost then landed on his back. | |
He was airlifted to hospital but died as a result of a crush injury. | |
During the inquest into his death, held in October 2012, the jury heard that the "freestanding" posts would have been unstable unless pegged to the ground. | |
The jury decided his death was accidental due to inadequate and unsuitable equipment used at the time. | |
In January, twelve members of Caersws FC's committee appeared at Mold Crown Court in January charged with failing to discharge a duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act. | |
The hearing heard the club had failed to ensure safety or take all reasonable steps to ensure a freestanding goalpost provided for use at the club was safe and without risk of injury. | The hearing heard the club had failed to ensure safety or take all reasonable steps to ensure a freestanding goalpost provided for use at the club was safe and without risk of injury. |
The case was brought by Powys County Council. | |