Saudi Binladin construction group fined over 2015 pilgrimage crane collapse

The Abraj Al-Bait Towers with the four-faced clocks stands over the holy Kabaa, as Muslims encircle it inside the Grand Mosque during the annual pilgrimage, known as the Hajj (Khalid Mohammed/PA)

A criminal court has imposed a 5.3 million dollar (£4.4m) fine on the Saudi Binladin Group and sentenced seven people to prison over the deadly collapse of a crane ahead of the 2015 Haj pilgrimage.

More than 100 people were killed in the incident, a leading Saudi daily newspaper reported.