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Offline Dinnertime Dave

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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #30 on: December 16, 2008, 12:35:55 PM »
Date:                 8 December 2008
Fire Service:        Cheshire
Fine:                  20,000
Defendant:          Centrol Recycling Group
Offence:             8 offences


http://www.cfoa.org.uk/10383

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Offline SmokeyDokey

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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #31 on: January 11, 2009, 06:34:22 PM »
Date:16 December
Brigade: London:
Premises: HMO
Defendant: Property manager
Fine:£5,600 + costs (total £13K)
Seven Summonses under RR(FS)O 2005
Link: http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/NewsReleases2008_PR1022.asp
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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #32 on: January 13, 2009, 05:53:43 PM »
Ladies, Gents, I started this thread in the hope that it would contain a list of prosecutions only, not a discussion about them.  Please start a new thread if you want to discuss prosecutions, all other comments have been moved to a new topic.
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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #33 on: February 02, 2009, 12:38:16 PM »
23 Jan 2009

Leicestershire FRS

Chinese Restaurant fined £2400
Inoperative alarm
External escape loose


see CFOA home page right hand side

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Offline Ricardo

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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #34 on: February 16, 2009, 09:50:00 PM »
Date - January 2007
Fire Service - Surrey Fire and Rescue Service
Fine - £100,000
Defendant - Southern Cross Healthcare
Offence - inadequate fire safety standards at one of its care homes, in a boiler room, the boiler room was a high fire risk area that should not be used as a store. In addition, the company did not have an adequate system in place for reviewing fire safety arrangements at the home.

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/s/2040891_care_home_company_fined_for_fire_safety_breach
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Offline Gel

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UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #35 on: February 17, 2009, 06:20:53 PM »
Feb 2009
Notts FRS
Fine £6k
Defendant Simon Fields
Offence Landlord failed to install fire safety provisions

http://www.thisisnottingham.co.uk/news/Radford-landlord-fined-safety-errors/article-703863-detail/article.html
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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #36 on: May 13, 2009, 01:00:26 PM »
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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #37 on: May 14, 2009, 02:31:36 PM »
Summary of above for those in a hurry!

May 2009
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service
Defendant: Gurmail Singh Lally
Premises: Bolam House, where 40 students, including three illegal immigrants, were living
Action:prohibition notice, followed by Guilty plea on 13 charges for breaches of safety regulations, for which he was fined £500 for each. He was also ordered to pay costs of more than £5,000, bringing his court bill to £11,602.
Offences: included a laundry chute being used as a fire escape, disconnected alarms hanging off walls, exit routes blocked by rubbish, fire doors had been removed, exit routes were not properly labelled and metal bars covering bedroom windows.

Link includes two of the evidential photos
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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #38 on: May 27, 2009, 11:39:02 AM »
Date: 19/5/09 (following fire in Sept 2007)

Fire Service : London

Offence: x9 including no EP and locked MOE

Fine  (Total with costs) £16,766


Restaurant fire originated in ducting. Staff running around like headless chickens and refused to evacuate when requested by LFB

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/NewsReleases2008_PR1112.asp
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Offline SmokeyDokey

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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #39 on: June 02, 2009, 09:12:39 PM »
Date:2 June 2009
Fire Service: London
Fine: £300,000 plus £45,000 costs
Defendant: Shell International Ltd.
Offence: See press release

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/NewsReleases2008_PR1119.asp
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Offline SmokeyDokey

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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #40 on: June 12, 2009, 03:52:18 PM »
Date: 12 June 2009
Fire Service: London
Fine: six months imprisonment + £5k costs per defendent
Defendant: building’s owners (house converted into bedsits) Michael de Havilland and Sally Fox
Offence:see press notice  
http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/NewsReleases2008_PR1121.asp


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Offline SmokeyDokey

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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #41 on: June 19, 2009, 01:50:17 PM »
Date:17 June 2009
Fire Service:London
Fine:£25,000 (inc costs)
Defendant:Shoalacre Ltd.
Offence:Guilty plea to 7 contraventions of RRO

Press notice http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/NewsReleases2008_PR1126.asp

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Offline SmokeyDokey

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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #42 on: June 24, 2009, 11:43:28 AM »
Date:23 June 2009
Fire Service:London
Fine:£500 plus £5000 costs
Defendant:Girish Chadha,  A director of Maureen O’Brien Ltd (in administration) the company which formerly owned the high street chain Joy
Offence:RRO x 11

http://www.london-fire.gov.uk/news/NewsReleases2008_PR1130.asp
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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #43 on: July 28, 2009, 02:45:08 PM »
 Mountain of Fire And Miracles Ministries International
London
Fined £30,000 for three contraventions including breaching a prohibition notice

http://www.fseonline.co.uk/articles.asp?article_id=9098&viewcomment=1
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Re: UK PROSECUTIONS
« Reply #44 on: July 28, 2009, 03:10:52 PM »
Kent Fire and Rescue service.

Breach of an Article 31, Landlord fined £1550

http://www.kent.fire-uk.org/KFRS/pageid/518/rec/more/offset/20/releaseid/982/Press/Press.html
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