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Michaela Boor killed by falling bricks in east London, Old Bailey told
Overview
A trial at the Old Bailey has heard how 29-year-old mother Michaela Boor suffered fatal injuries when a pallet of bricks fell from a crane at an east London building site in March 2018. Higgins Homes, the principal contractor, along with four construction workers, are on trial accused of corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences, all of which they deny.
Key points
- Michaela Boor died from a fractured skull and catastrophic brain injuries after bricks fell on her on Burdett Road, Bow, on 27 March 2018.
- The prosecution stated the bricks fell from a tower crane being operated by Alexander McInnes after a pallet caught on scaffolding during a lift.
- Higgins Homes and four men—Thomas Anstis, Stephen Coulson, Dawood Maan, and Alexander McInnes—deny charges of corporate manslaughter and health and safety offences.
- The prosecution alleged there was no risk assessment for lifting pallets of bricks close to the public and that safety had not been properly considered.