Suspended prison sentence for restaurant fire safety breaches
The owner of a south Wales restaurant has been sentenced to four months imprisonment, suspended for 12 months, and 250 hours community service after being convicted of 13 offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Abdul Kadir, owner of the Raj Gate restaurant in Cwmbran, pleaded guilty to the offences at Cardiff Crown Court on 25 February. He had previously pleading not guilty at Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court on the 24th March 2010, where he elected to be tried by jury. Mr Kadir was also ordered to pay £5,300 in costs.
Watford landlord fined £20,000
Watford Magistrates’ Court has handed a £20,000 fine to a landlord from north-west London after he breached fire safety regulations by not carrying out a fire risk assessment.
Hitesh Mashru, from Northwood, near Uxbridge, was charged after a fire in one of his properties destroyed two flats in the Hertfordshire town of Bushey in April last year, according to the Uxbridge Gazette. In not carrying out a fire risk assessment for his house of multiple occupancy (HMO), Mr Mashru was in direct contravention of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
Brewery pays out nearly £30,000
A brewery has been ordered to pay £27,481 in fines and costs following a number of fire safety breaches at one of its pubs in London.
Punch Taverns Plc pleaded guilty to seven contraventions of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 at Thames Magistrates Court on 6 January. Fire safety officers who first investigated the Milestone pub on Mile End Road in July 2008 found that there was inadequate maintenance of the fire alarms and poor emergency lighting. Read more →
First fire alarm engineer to be prosecuted
A former fire alarm contractor has become the first member of his profession to be sentenced under the RRO.
Christopher Morris, who lives in Llandudno, North Wales, has been charged with failing to maintain an alarm system in a care home for the elderly. Mr Morris appeared at Manchester
Crown Court on December 23rd, where he was ordered to pay a fine of £5,000 and court costs of £6,000. Read more →
Hotel Group Pays £127,000 Fine
The Hallmark Manchester – formerly the Belfry House Hotel in Wilmslow – was visited by firefighters in April 2008 during renovations.
According to Cheshire Fire and Rescue Service, they were so concerned about what they found that fire safety officers were brought in the same day and served a prohibition notice closing the hotel.
