Company directors jailed after wall collapse killed five workers in Birmingham

The scene at Hawkeswood Metal Recycling where five men died after a wall collapsed in 2016. The jury heard that the weight of the metal was equivalent to six fully loaded HGVs. Photograph: Chris Radburn/PA

Two company directors have been jailed for nine months after five workers died when a wall collapsed at a scrap metal recycling plant in Birmingham.

Wayne Hawkeswood and Graham Woodhouse were in charge of the site when the 45-tonne wall collapsed in July 2016 in the Nechells area of the city, and were each found guilty of four health and safety offences.