Fire Safety For Your Pocket
A nightclub owner who put the lives of staff and revellers at risk by breaching fire safety requirements at two venues has been fined £76,000! Mr Mellor (45) from Manchester, was sentenced after failing to comply with regulations at his ‘Tokyo’ nightclubs in both Lincoln and York. The York venue actually had no working fire alarm, while in Lincoln fire exits were covered or out of reach.
Mellor’s company – Tokyo Industries Ltd – was fined £30,000 for similar offences. He was sentenced on Monday after being found guilty of 11 offences after a trial at Lincoln Crown Court and pleading guilty to one offence at York Crown Court (Tokyo Industries admitted three further offences). Together, they were also ordered to pay more than £67,000 towards prosecution costs.
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue, said: “Fire exits were blocked by chairs, tables and bags of rubbish and the emergency exit signs pointed in the wrong direction. One of the fire escape doors at the club had to be kicked and subsequently broken by a member of staff in order to open it.”
The court heard the club in York was visited by fire officers on occasions between 2013 and 2014.
Thanks to their untrustworthy and inadequate fire risk assessment on the premises, the company and the individual racked up over £100,000 in damages!
It’s not all about your safety, sometimes you have to think about your pocket too.
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