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The Sun
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- Sport
- The Sun
I knew Daniel Dubois would be world champ when he was just 13 – here's why he can beat Oleksandr Usyk
DAVID HAYE pictured Daniel Dubois becoming heavyweight world champion when he was just 13 - and saved the photo to prove it. Haye was a champ at cruiserweight and heavyweight when he visited the famous Repton Boxing Club in Bethnal Green in 2010. 9 9 And will never forget that day - because it happened to be when the late trainer Tony Burns introduced him to a teenage Dubois. Haye - who posed for a group picture with Dubois - made sure to keep an eye on the British boxing prodigy. And now 15 years later, he told SunSport courtesy of Highbet: "I hadn't seen him fight at the time. "But I think it was Tony Burns - and when these guys have been in the game for a long time - when they say, 'Listen, this kid's gonna be good.' They very rarely say that. "It was one of the only times someone's actually said that to me, 'This kid's gonna be a heavyweight champion of the world.' "I was like, OK, so I made sure I kept the picture because one day I knew he was gonna do something and when he did, I posted that picture that no one had seen for many years. "And, it was really nice to see - it made me feel a little old, to be honest! And soon there was a little kid then becoming heavyweight champion, but his progression has been great." Haye watched as Dubois came back from defeats to Joe Joyce and Oleksandr Usyk to turn his career around. 9 Usyk vs Dubois 2 - All the info OLEKSANDR USYK and Daniel Dubois meet again in a blockbuster heavyweight unification fight at Wembley Stadium THIS SATURDAY! Usyk won the first fight in August 2023 via a ninth round KO - but only after Dubois knocked him to the canvas with a body blow that was ruled a low blow. Dubois, 27, has improved massively since that first meeting, reeling off stunning wins over Jarrell Miller, Filip Hrgovic and Anthony Joshua. Watch Usyk vs Dubois 2 LIVE on DAZN Here's everything you need to know ahead of the big fight... INFO All the info for Usyk vs Dubois 2 Latest ticket availability and price How much are Usyk and Dubois earning for the rematch? Get either fighter at 50/1 to win with talkSPORT BET LATEST NEWS, EXCLUSIVES & FEATURES Dubois must be a 'crazy DEMON' to beat Usyk, says Chisora How moving gyms sparked incredible change in Dubois Inside Dubois' camp - fuelled by Ascot wins and ancient Greece Amateur coach: Dubois so powerful as a teenager I had to tell him to go easy on the adults Dubois SCREAMS in Usyk's face in bizarre face-off Usyk warns Dubois his IQ is too much for the Brit And after come-from-behind victories against Jarrell Miller and Filip Hrgovic - an iconic knockout victory over Anthony Joshua in September followed. And now the IBF king - proving Burns right - Dubois rematches Usyk on Saturday at Wembley for the undisputed title. Already Usyk has two points wins over Joshua and Tyson Fury - along with his ninth-round stoppage over Dubois in Poland two years ago. But Haye says it is actually Derek Chisora's gruelling decision loss that proves the greatest blueprint to figuring out the Usyk puzzle. He said: "No matter what your skillset is, you have to be able to work for every second of every round to win the majority of the rounds and up to this point, AJ or Fury wasn't able to go up in gears and really continue to push him. "He kind of said pulled away in those fights. So if Tyson Fury and AJ had worked as hard as Derek worked, for instance, in terms of engine letting his hands go, not having to sort of conserve energy and bounce around the ring and get into that boxing zone which Usyk is a master of, I think he's right. "I think they would have won another two or three rounds maybe which might have been enough to win the fight. "But if you look at Derek Chisora's fight with Usyk - and I think I've heard Usyk on a couple of occasions say that was my hardest fight -and it wasn't because Derek tried to match him for skills. 9 9 "Derek matched him for pace and he made Usyk fight his fight which is a close, rough and tough push and pull, exhausting fight. "And Usyk never had that really not at that pace. I think Usyk only won the fight by two rounds so I was there ringside. At the time, a lot of people thought Derek won the fight. "As time goes by, people say it was an easy win, it wasn't. Go back and watch that fight and at the end of the fight he wasn't sure whether he won or lost the fight and it's down to Derek's strategy that he had going into the fight. "Not playing Usyk's game, the game that Daniel Dubois played to a T for Usyk the first time they fought. "When they first fought Usyk did exactly what he always does when his opponents show him too much respect and they try and sort of ease their way into the fight. "Usyk is so technically gifted that Dubois didn't show Usyk anything he hasn't seen before and it made it - pretty much outside of the sort of semi-low blow whatever you however you see it - it was in full control from Usyk." 9 9 9 Haye also points to Usyk's age and years boxing - from his Olympic gold in the amateurs to his 23 professional fights. And with Dubois coming off a career-best win, with 80,000 loyal fans behind him, the stage could be set for a historic British boxing upset. Haye, 44, said: "He's in the perfect position at the perfect time with the perfect boxing environment. "Everything's there for him - the universe is aligned in a way which gives him the best possible chance to become an all-time, undisputed champion. "Few people have won all the belts at heavyweight and you know he hasn't done it the easy way, he's taken tough fights, he's lost and he's come back and learned. "If you look at the difference between after Joe Joyce beat Dubois on that night, people really thought that was the end of Daniel Dubois and they thought Joyce was the future. "Fast forward three or four years or whatever it's been, and look where we are now, you've got one young, you had a young guy there, Dubois, taking that early loss but he's built on the back of it and that's why I'm thinking he's got a massive, massive chance. "He's got to be willing to take some stick, take a left hand down the pipe from time to time but he's got to get close, watch the Derek Chisora fight on what to do when you get in close. "Rough and tough, push him, if you've got to lose a couple of points because you're hitting him in the back of the head or the kidneys, whatever it is it's life and death and you've got to find a way to win." 9
The Guardian
12-07-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
MPs and political candidates face ‘industrial' levels of abuse, minister says
MPs and political candidates are facing 'industrial' levels of intimidation and harassment, a minister has warned, as the government outlines plans for stricter punishments for those found guilty of abuse. Rushanara Ali, the minister for democracy, said her colleagues were suffering worse harassment than ever before and warned this was deterring many young people from becoming politically active. With two MPs having been killed in recent years and multiple candidates saying they were harassed during last year's election campaign, the government says it is acting before further acts of violence are committed. 'In the time that I've been an MP, we've lost colleagues – my friend Jo Cox, Sir David Amess,' Ali said. 'We also had the horrific situation of Stephen Timms being attacked in the first week that I was elected in 2010. 'What we've seen is the level of abuse and hostility increasing to the point where in last year's general election, there was industrial-scale abuse and threats and intimidation – creating a chilling effect on our democracy.' She added: 'Week in, week out, I hear of colleagues across different parties – particularly women, but not exclusively – being threatened and intimidated.' Ali was one of several candidates, several of them Muslim women, to be targeted by pro-Palestinian activists during last year's election. Videos showed campaigners following and shouting at her supporters in Bethnal Green, east London, while another image showed a fake Labour leaflet depicting her with devil horns. Her colleague Shabana Mahmood had to call the police twice in the course of one weekend to complain about harassment while out canvassing. But MPs say the harassment is not related to a single political cause, and is due more to a fragmented electorate who increasingly distrust their MPs while finding it easier than ever to contact or find them. Cox was killed by a far-right terrorist in 2016 and Amess by a supporter of Islamic State in 2021. A report by the Electoral Commission after last year's election found that 55% said they had experienced some kind of problem with harassment, intimidation or abuse, and 13% said the problem was serious. Vijay Rangarajan, the head of the commission, said earlier this year: 'Addressing the abuse and intimidation targeted at candidates and elected officials is crucial to safeguarding individuals and their families, but also the health of the UK democracy more widely.' A separate report by a panel of MPs convened by the Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, warned: 'The nature of threats and abuse facing politicians today is a significant change from recent history and current trends suggest it could get worse.' Ali said she had received multiple death threats in the last year. 'Only yesterday I received a threat to torture and kill me,' she said, adding that she had received similar threats via email and through the post during the election campaign. 'A number of colleagues have had that sort of experience,' she said. 'So we've got to make sure that our democracy is safe and that people are protected when they decide to enter public life. 'I spent my whole life campaigning to encourage people into politics, young people, women, people from diverse backgrounds, men and women. And I fear that if we don't take action, then more and more people will be put off.' Sign up to First Edition Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters after newsletter promotion Ali said the government would take three concrete measures to make life easier for candidates and their supporters, and to discourage people from harassing those involved in politics. The measures will be included in an elections strategy paper, with the aim of including them in a bill at an unspecified point during this parliament. The first is that candidates will no longer be required to publish their home addresses on election material. At present, people standing for parliament have the option to remove their addresses from nomination forms, but not if they are acting as their own agents, which some do. The government's changes will allow everyone, including council candidates, to remove their addresses from the forms even if they are their own agents. It will not go as far as recommended by the MPs on Hoyle's panel, however, who said that even the option of including home addresses on election forms should be removed. Second, ministers plan to change legal guidance so that it will be considered an aggravating factor if someone is found guilty of harassing a candidate, campaigner or staff member. This will allow judges to hand down tougher sentences to those offenders. Finally, the government is planning to change the law to ban those found guilty of intimidating or abusing a candidate from standing themselves as a candidate in future. The measures reflect some, but not all, of the recommendations made by Hoyle's group of MPs in their report. That panel also suggested giving MPs protection by the Home Office during an election campaign, introducing ID and address checks for all candidates, and allowing returning officers to expand the exclusion zone around a polling station under certain circumstances. Ali said: 'It cannot be right that MPs, councillors and other others who seek public office are threatened with murder. Sadly, that climate of hostility has led to us losing two of our colleagues. 'This is about making sure that those people who are in public life, and those who seek to be in public life … receive the protection they need, and that people aren't put off politics. Because we are seeing increasing evidence of people not wanting to be in public life, not wanting to be in politics.'
The Guardian
12-07-2025
- Politics
- The Guardian
MPs and political candidates face ‘industrial' levels of abuse, minister says
MPs and political candidates are facing 'industrial' levels of intimidation and harassment, a minister has warned, as the government outlines plans for stricter punishments for those found guilty of abuse. Rushanara Ali, the minister for democracy, said her colleagues were suffering worse harassment than ever before and warned this was deterring many young people from becoming politically active. With two MPs having been killed in recent years and multiple candidates saying they were harassed during last year's election campaign, the government says it is acting before further acts of violence are committed. 'In the time that I've been an MP, we've lost colleagues – my friend Jo Cox, Sir David Amess,' Ali said. 'We also had the horrific situation of Stephen Timms being attacked in the first week that I was elected in 2010. 'What we've seen is the level of abuse and hostility increasing to the point where in last year's general election, there was industrial-scale abuse and threats and intimidation – creating a chilling effect on our democracy.' She added: 'Week in, week out, I hear of colleagues across different parties – particularly women, but not exclusively – being threatened and intimidated.' Ali was one of several candidates, several of them Muslim women, to be targeted by pro-Palestinian activists during last year's election. Videos showed campaigners following and shouting at her supporters in Bethnal Green, east London, while another image showed a fake Labour leaflet depicting her with devil horns. Her colleague Shabana Mahmood had to call the police twice in the course of one weekend to complain about harassment while out canvassing. But MPs say the harassment is not related to a single political cause, and is due more to a fragmented electorate who increasingly distrust their MPs while finding it easier than ever to contact or find them. Cox was killed by a far-right terrorist in 2016 and Amess by a supporter of Islamic State in 2021. A report by the Electoral Commission after last year's election found that 55% said they had experienced some kind of problem with harassment, intimidation or abuse, and 13% said the problem was serious. Vijay Rangarajan, the head of the commission, said earlier this year: 'Addressing the abuse and intimidation targeted at candidates and elected officials is crucial to safeguarding individuals and their families, but also the health of the UK democracy more widely.' A separate report by a panel of MPs convened by the Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, warned: 'The nature of threats and abuse facing politicians today is a significant change from recent history and current trends suggest it could get worse.' Ali said she had received multiple death threats in the last year. 'Only yesterday I received a threat to torture and kill me,' she said, adding that she had received similar threats via email and through the post during the election campaign. 'A number of colleagues have had that sort of experience,' she said. 'So we've got to make sure that our democracy is safe and that people are protected when they decide to enter public life. 'I spent my whole life campaigning to encourage people into politics, young people, women, people from diverse backgrounds, men and women. And I fear that if we don't take action, then more and more people will be put off.' Sign up to First Edition Our morning email breaks down the key stories of the day, telling you what's happening and why it matters after newsletter promotion Ali said the government would take three concrete measures to make life easier for candidates and their supporters, and to discourage people from harassing those involved in politics. The measures will be included in an elections strategy paper, with the aim of including them in a bill at an unspecified point during this parliament. The first is that candidates will no longer be required to publish their home addresses on election material. At present, people standing for parliament have the option to remove their addresses from nomination forms, but not if they are acting as their own agents, which some do. The government's changes will allow everyone, including council candidates, to remove their addresses from the forms even if they are their own agents. It will not go as far as recommended by the MPs on Hoyle's panel, however, who said that even the option of including home addresses on election forms should be removed. Second, ministers plan to change legal guidance so that it will be considered an aggravating factor if someone is found guilty of harassing a candidate, campaigner or staff member. This will allow judges to hand down tougher sentences to those offenders. Finally, the government is planning to change the law to ban those found guilty of intimidating or abusing a candidate from standing themselves as a candidate in future. The measures reflect some, but not all, of the recommendations made by Hoyle's group of MPs in their report. That panel also suggested giving MPs protection by the Home Office during an election campaign, introducing ID and address checks for all candidates, and allowing returning officers to expand the exclusion zone around a polling station under certain circumstances. Ali said: 'It cannot be right that MPs, councillors and other others who seek public office are threatened with murder. Sadly, that climate of hostility has led to us losing two of our colleagues. 'This is about making sure that those people who are in public life, and those who seek to be in public life … receive the protection they need, and that people aren't put off politics. Because we are seeing increasing evidence of people not wanting to be in public life, not wanting to be in politics.'
The Sun
06-07-2025
- Business
- The Sun
Our corner of UK used to be thriving hotspot – now it's a rat-ridden unrecognisable dump that's on brink of exploding
A PROUD East End suburb that used to be a thriving hot spot, is now a rat-ridden dump, locals have told The Sun. Residents in Bethnal Green have described the streets as "unrecognisable", claiming the tight-knit community has disappeared from their doorsteps in recent years - but there's much debate if a notorious former resident is to blame. 18 18 18 Business owners are disgusted to see piles of rubbish lining Bethnal Green Road - the heartbeat of the east London suburb - and areas behind their shops. Serif Farmer, who runs Solis Launderette, explained that money was the only thing stopping her from leaving. She said: "I've worked here for 32 years and it's gone downhill. 100%. 'If I had money I would move out tomorrow, preferably abroad. Bethnal Green is just not a beautiful place anymore. "It used to be so clean and spotless but now it's just a dump. "If you go out the back [of the shop] it's just terrible out there. "It's just all cardboard boxes on the floor and it is just rat-ridden out there. "I'm surprised shop owners haven't been done for it. "I'm not saying the people are horrible, but the place has gone downhill. It's just changed so much." According to a 2021 report, Tower Hamlets Council has been forced to slash more than £200 million since 2010. ISIS bride Shamima Begum LOSES battle for British citizenship and must stay in Syria for now It blamed the huge cuts on Government austerity and "increasing demand" in the area, with the council pointing to the ongoing impact of Covid. The report also referenced the Tower Hamlets Poverty Review, which found that, in a typical classroom of 30 children, 17 were living below the poverty line. It added that 44% of elderly people were living in low-income households. Serif, 63, went on to say that community spirit in Bethnal Green had "died out". She added: 'My mum came from Cyprus, she taught herself how to speak and read English when she moved here. 'She integrated with everybody, with the locals, and my dad did too. 'It was such a great area and everybody mixed, all different nationalities. We all got on and the atmosphere was brilliant. 'When me and my brother first came here, the whole community was close and we all spoke with each other. 18 18 18 "We used to have celebrations with everyone sitting out on the streets, but now everyone is depressed. 'It's not safe like it used to be where they used to get the police round and you recognised faces on the high street. 'There's more crime, more phone snatching, things like that." 'It's not a community like it was years ago." "People drive around with flags in their cars and are very vocal in their support. 'You never used to be worried walking down an East End street. 'It's always been rough and ready around here - it's famous for it - but there was a community here. 'Locals are scared and the East End is gone. It's only going from bad to worse.' The regulars also fumed that "bread and butter" locals had disappeared from Bethnal Green. They added: "It's supposed to be the East End of London. 'In general, before you used to be able to walk down the street and say hello to everyone, we all knew each other. 'But nowadays the community just isn't there. In terms of your locals, your bread and butter of the community, they're gone. "It's gone. It's not how it used to be." Shamima Begum Further down the high street, punters at The Marquis of Cornwallis pub told how former resident Shamima Begum 's decision to join ISIS had caused more scepticism in the area. Begum - who fled the country in February 2015 - continues to divide opinion across the London borough where she once resided. But locals are clear on one thing - the famous soul of the area has gone. They claim that the way of life in Bethnal Green has changed "to the extreme" since Begum left the UK at the age of 15. She was joined by two pals - Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana - as they flew from Gatwick Airport to Turkey after lying to their parents. Begum, who was born in the UK to parents of Bangladeshi heritage, married an Islamic State fighter soon after arriving. Her British citizenship was stripped on national security grounds in 2019 and she now lives in the armed-guard controlled Al-Roj refugee camp in Northern Syria. 18 18 One pub punter told The Sun: 'In terms of Shamima Begum, it's quite hard to say. 'In general, I think people started looking at their neighbours - especially when she first left - and thinking twice about them. 'It's just human nature to be suspicious like that. The community is now very divided. It's a huge shame really. 'What has made things worse recently as well is the Israel and Palestine war. That has the potential to explode in this area." People started looking at their neighbours, especially when Shamima first left, and thinking twice about them Punter at The Marquis of Cornwallis pub Enora Birec, 26, barmaid at The Kings Arms added: 'I go up and down this high street twice a day. It is a very diverse place. 'I do think in general it is slightly more closed off than it was. 'I have a Bangladeshi friend who told me that the community was being pushed away from the area. "She (Begum) was in a building that was being knocked down in the Bethnal Green area. 'But the Bangladeshi community is quite strong here, I think they are very settled.' According to a Government report released in 2014, the largest ethnic groups in the Bethnal Green area were White British (37%) and Bangladeshi (32%). More than a third of the residents in the east London town were Muslim, with 25.8% Christian and 21.9% not belonging to any religion. Local businesses are suffering Yakup Ozkurt, who owns the 51-year-old White Horse Kebab House, admitted that he had taken the tough decision to sell the business. Pointing to Bethnal Green's "unrecognisable" community, the 56-year-old said: "It was a good area. But for me, it is finished. 'I've been living here for 27 years. The first time I came to Bethnal Green, it was predominantly English people. "In the last ten years in this area, lots of that core population has left. 'People would say hello, good morning to you. Lots of people were close and got on. "But now, people are never smiling. The community is not very close, no one talks to anyone. 'Before they had loads of pubs but they're all closed or closing. 'This shop is 51 years old, but I'm selling it now because this area is finished." Resident Mohamed Miah suggested the borough had become "unrecognisable" in recent years. The 40-year-old, who runs the local taxi office, said: 'Bethnal Green, I was born and raised here. It's not like the old East End anymore. 'From when I was growing up to now, it's not recognisable anymore. 'This is the oldest cab office in Bethnal Green - our customers have moved out from here. 'There's a lot of drunken behaviour and people doing balloons, driving up and down in their cars all night. 'There's more CCTV on the road, so in that sense they are doing well. 'But everything has changed here man, it's not like the old school.' 18 18 18 Staff members at Trotters Jewellers, which has been on the high street for 35 years, added that the face of the high street had changed "to the extreme". They explained: "It's changed to the extreme, it's not like the old East End anymore. 'We're one of the most established businesses, but also one of the lasting few. "Of course, it's changed totally. It's not thriving at all and everything is stacked against you. It's changed to the extreme. It's not like the old East End anymore. Staff at Trotters Jewellers "Having a business here is a lot harder than it was 10 years ago for sure. 'We have shops in Liverpool Street and Hatton Garden, but we've noticed such a change, especially here. Not for the good.' Market stall trader Aissa Derouiche, told how tourists were no longer flocking to Bethnal Green, despite it being located just minutes from the popular Brick Lane area. The 55-year-old, who has worked on the street for 17 years, fumed: 'Everything has changed. "Some people left and businesses have suffered. Shops have closed and the place has changed for the worse. 'The community is close, but it has grown apart in recent years because people have left. 'Tourists have stopped coming to Bethnal Green in the last ten years which has had a huge impact on my business." Shamima Begum's fight to regain UK citizenship She married an Islamic State fighter soon after arriving in 2015 and went on to have three children. Her UK citizenship was stripped on national security grounds in 2019. In February 2020, a tribunal ruled that removing Ms Begum's citizenship was lawful because she was "a citizen of Bangladesh by descent". In 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that Ms Begum could not return to the UK to appeal the decision to remove her citizenship. Her lawyers challenged the removal of her citizenship at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission two years later. The commission agreed that there was a credible suspicion that Begum was a victim of trafficking and sexual exploitation, but it ruled this did not stand in the way of stripping her of British citizenship. That decision was upheld at the Court of Appeal in February 2024. Earlier this year, she lost an initial bid to take the case to the Supreme Court. Begum remains in a camp controlled by armed guards in northern Syria. Society has moved on since Shamima However, some locals claimed that Begum's name was no longer commonly heard around the area. Mohammed Ahmed, who works at his father's shop Continental Grocers, slammed the government's decision to strip her of her British citizenship. He said: "She is not a big deal around here anymore. 'Look, she fled to Syria. She was very young at the time. 'I think the decision to strip her of her citizenship was wrong. It's worse now because she has kids I wouldn't say I miss her. I am only missing out on a customer because she's not here Shop worker Mohammed Ahmed 'It's not the case that it's embarrassing for the community, but it doesn't ever get brought up. 'I wouldn't say I miss her. I didn't know her. 'I am only missing out on a customer because she's not here." Bangladeshi nationals Sharif Sarker and Chunki Akter hailed the east London town as a "home from home". The couple, who moved to Bethnal Green two years ago, explained that living there had made following their traditions easier. 18 18 18 Chunki said: "To be honest, we are not a very strong part of the community. "We have only been here for two years and don't really know who the community leaders are. 'We moved from Bangladesh in 2023. We came here because there is a strong Bangladeshi group here. 'But Bethnal Green is mostly Bengali and it really helps us as we try to follow our traditions, especially with food. 'I used to live in Barking but it was a pain to go shopping. 'Everything I used to eat in Bangladesh, I can get it here. It's easy. 'We feel at home here, we can speak our language and buy our food here.' Cab driver Reg Singh was four years old when he moved to Bethnal Green from India. The 71-year-old added: "It was a different scene then. 'It was a neighbourhood, people knew one another and it was a community we had here. It was wonderful. 'Over the past few years there have been big changes. 'It's changed because there's a different community in the area. "There's a more predominantly Bangladeshi and Muslim community. 'The East End way of life has changed because whatever community comes in, they bring their own way of life. 'I'm not saying it's a bad thing, I think it's good. That's just how it is.' 18 18
Sky News
16-06-2025
- Sky News
Developer and four men in court after woman killed by falling bricks
A woman who was killed when more than two tonnes of bricks fell from a crane was with a friend after just dropping their children off at school, a court has heard. Michaela Boor, 30, was hit by the pallet of bricks as she walked along the pavement on the corner of Burdett Road in Bethnal Green, east London, in 2018. A developer and four men appeared at Westminster Magistrates' Court on Monday facing manslaughter charges. Higgins Homes Plc is accused of corporate manslaughter and a health and safety offence. Thomas Anstis, 68, of Banstead, Surrey; Stephen Coulson, 68, of Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire; Dawood Mann, 59, of Ashford, Kent; and Alexander McInnes 32, of Islington, north London, are each accused of one count of gross negligence manslaughter and a health and safety offence. The defendants spoke only to confirm their identities. Busola Johnson, prosecuting, told the court that the case surrounds "a fatal accident" on 27 March 2018 in which a member of the public was killed when a "large number of bricks" fell on her as she walked past a building site. Higgins Homes Plc was a property developer, Anstis was the site manager, Coulson was responsible for compiling the lifting plan for the site, Mann was a crane supervisor and McInnes was a crane operator, the prosecution said. Ms Boor suffered very serious injuries and received medical help at the scene and in hospital but died two days later, Ms Johnson said. The defendants were given bail by Judge Briony Clarke until their next court appearance at the Old Bailey on 14 July.
