The father of the man killed when a Radiohead concert stage collapsed five years ago says a ruling Tuesday to stay the resulting charges against two companies and an engineer due to court delays is “beyond belief.”

Scott Johnson, a 33-year-old British drum technician, died in June 2012 when part of a massive stage structure crashed downjust hours before the British band was due to perform at Downsview Park. Three others were injured.

“It’s hardly justice, I’m afraid,” said Ken Johnson, who works for a scaffolding safety association in the U.K., and has attended some of the previous hearings.

The stage was “clearly overloaded and you don’t need to be an engineer to see that,” he said in a telephone interview from Germany.

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