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| Football club admits failures after goalpost crushes boy | Football club admits failures after goalpost crushes boy |
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| A football club has been given a conditional discharge for breaching health and safety laws over the death of a 12-year-old 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. | 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 at Mold Crown Court to the safety failures. | |
| Judge Niclas Parry gave the club a conditional discharge with no financial penalty. | |
| On the day Casey was fatally injured, he was acting as goal keeper during a kick-about with friends. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| That hearing was told 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 council. |