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Tribute to Malika Hibu
20th July 2024
Coroner x 2 Prevention of Future Death Reports
Coroner x 2 Prevention of Future Death Reports
On 20th July 2024, I played in a 5aside football tournament near Hoxton in London. My team lost the first game, drew the second and then won the third one from the group.
Because we were tied on points for second place, this went to a sudden death penalty shootout. We lost the shootout and as a result 4 teams went into the ‘Champions League’ and the other 4 teams including mine dropped into the ‘Europa League.’
In the Europa League was a semi final and final. My team won and got a trophy and I was nominated for best Goalkeeper of the tournaments. This event had been planned two months in advance. It was a really good Saturday morning and afternoon.
The event organiser, my distant relative, said over the past 5 years, I’ve been on the team that has won the tournament, I laughed and said I just wanted to be reminded of the once in a lifetime Prague final win when I was there in the fanzone.
It also made me think about skills like quick reactions, relying on a mixture of instinct, detection, and gut feel even after the couple of years I had not played.
Although never again before I become a goalkeeper will I have two cookies with porridge along with Lucozade as my actual “gut feel” was bloating in the first few games. Throughout the whole week before the Saturday, I had switched to vegetarian cooked food for breakfast.
Coroner x 2 Prevention of Future Death Reports
Coroner x 2 Prevention of Future Death Reports
Coroner x 2 Prevention of Future Death Reports
I was aware that nearby sadly a 5 year old girl called Malika Hibu had drowned on 17th February 2024. In the early evening, I visited the site and the canal. I paid my respects to where some flowers had been left to the railings. I also ran through a few scenarios in what I think happened and had a look around. Two residents who were sitting in their communal property pointed me to where specifically Malika fell.
The coroner Mary Hassell at St Pancras Coroner’s court two days before my football tournament stated while the tragic death was an accident, two “prevention of future death reports” were issued.
A) That the relevant council have a stronger approach to considering dangers when approving new developments.
B) The other to the relevant housing association whereby Ms Hassell stated:
i. "All of the evidence points in the same direction, which is that the housing association did in fact own the top of the wall.”
ii. "It didn't realise it owned the top of the wall, it didn't consider the barrier, it didn't risk assess it, it didn't act on any complaints.”
iii. "The rail that was present presented no appreciable barrier to a little girl who was just playing and was interested in the water below."
iv. “The housing provider is responsible for many such buildings and I remain extremely concerned that they didn't know for sure what they owned and what they didn't own. They didn't risk assess a very obviously potentially dangerous situation.”
v. "What concerns me about all of that is a culture, it's a way of thinking, and that's what I want to bring to the housing provider’s attention."
The Canal
Coroner x 2 Prevention of Future Death Reports
Geographical Information System
There was a short walk on Wharf Road which appeared to be reasonably quiet with hardly any traffic. I had come from Windsor Terrace Road, adjacent to the A501 main road. I walked past the Texaco petrol station and the McDonalds restaurant.
As I came nearer to the block, there was an open entrance that enabled me to walk through to near the canal. I saw other children playing. The foot of the canal had the original railings and in front of them was about 2 meter high temporary metal fencing. To the right and left of the railings existed metal gates.
There was a communal sitting area about 2 meters in front of the canal in which from what I saw was like a bench and large rocks. Behind the sitting area I saw planters where decking wood had been used and plants were within them.
Directly across the point where the flowers had been left, I saw in between the two canal banks what appeared to be a mini plank. It was about 15 meters in length and about half a meter wide. On the plank I saw a few ducks and swans.
Malika’s father Mr Mohammed Hibu within the local press stated that Malika was so joyful and she was always smiling. Malika’s mother Ms Huria Ali stated that Malika was “funny, sweet and kind” but due to her autism she often “didn’t know what she was doing.” The local press headline on the 23rd Feb 2024 was “Malika, our little Princess.”
Geographical Information System
Geographical Information System
Geographical Information System
Something I have come across recently is GIS mapping (Geographical Information System). This is an interactive map for any member of the public which shows where key locations and services can be viewed including things like childcare, licencing information, recreational activities, housing data and waste services.
This is the GIS map of the specific land and canal as to where Malika died.
Title Plan from Land Registry
Geographical Information System
Title Plan from Land Registry
I also managed to obtain a copy of the Title Plan from the Land Registry.
Clarify Risks
Geographical Information System
Title Plan from Land Registry
Going forward I recommend that there are risks assessed for new developments as well as current blocks and other types of properties. For me it is critical especially when vulnerable persons like children are near a serious hazard as would be a canal in Malika’s example.
Documentation
Go Arounds in Aviation
Go Arounds in Aviation
I also believe that it be identified and clarified right from the beginning for any new development as to who is responsible for the risk and even as far as no development be approved with any resale until ownership of risky areas are clearly clarified.
This must further be included within the relevant covenant/schedule within the lease for leaseholds whilst for freeholds clarified say within the deeds or other relevant document even added as say as an addendum.
Go Arounds in Aviation
Go Arounds in Aviation
Go Arounds in Aviation
Over the past year, I have seen a lot of plane landings at Heathrow Airport, it has made me think a lot about how the aviation industry ensures very high risk safety issues with little time to think.
On what I believe is the second runway are planes which take off and land from either direction depending on how it has been planned. On some days the planes will land from the west and take off heading towards the east. On other days it is vice versa.
There have been occasions where a plane has had to abort the landing which could be for a vast variety of reasons. This is usually known as a “go-around.”
Split Second Safety
Go Arounds in Aviation
Split Second Safety
This is usually the point at what I’ve seen for a plane to abandon the landing on its approach. The plane descending all of a sudden from the west makes a tremendous noise to climb up and goes right to then circle back across north London from the west to come in again to line up from east London.
It must be a split second risk assessment to make for the plane to all of a sudden not be able to descend.
Hence clearly there is no time to waste within aviation and the same mentality must also be adopted within social housing when dealing with serious risks and especially in cases where vulnerable persons are involved.
May Malika be granted the highest paradise in heaven.