Student queueing for club died when ‘unsuitable’ screen fell, court hears

Olivia Burt’s fatal accident in February 2018 was ‘foreseeable, predictable and preventable’, prosecutors said. Photograph: PA

A 20-year-old student died as she was waiting to get into a bar run by the UK’s largest pub company because an “unsuitable” heavy screen was being used to manage the queue, a court has heard.

The screen fell and collapsed on Olivia Burt, who received an “unsurvivable” head injury, Teesside crown court heard.