Business Man fined

A Business man from Newport was ordered to pay a total of almost £13,000 for flouting fire safety regulations.

Jaipal Singh Soor, of Malpas Road, pleaded guilty at Cwmbran Magistrates’ Court to eight offences under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.

Offences included not carrying out a fire risk assessment, not installing a fire door, not having a working fire alarm and leaving the premise in a poor condition that would allow fire to spread. Mr Soor was fined £1,000 per offence and ordered to pay full costs to the Fire Authority of £4,904.37.

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