Queuing student died when ‘unsuitable’ screen collapsed outside club, court hears

Olivia Burt, who studied natural sciences at Durham University, suffered an ‘unsurvivable’ head injury

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.

The screen fell and collapsed on Olivia Burt who suffered an “unsurvivable” head injury, a court heard on Monday.