The Criminal Court of Appeal in Makkah on Tuesday slapped fines amounting to SR20 million on the Saudi Bin Ladin Group after its conviction of its negligence and violation of safety rules in the Makkah Grand Mosque crane crash case.
The court ruled that the company is not required to pay blood money for the kin of those killed in the accident.
The court’s order came more than seven years after the Haram crane accident, which claimed the lives of 108 people and injured of another 238 when a crane involved in the Haram expansion project crashed on Sept 11, 2015.
The Makkah court found seven defendants guilty of negligence and violation of safety rules. Three of these defendants were sentenced to six months in prison and fines amounting to SR30,000 while four others were awarded three months in jail and SR15,000 in fines.