£30,000 fine for fire safety breach landlords
Two commercial property landlords in Manchester have been fined £30,000 for breaching fire safety regulations.
Suhail Sawar and Tariq Sawar were found guilty of the offences at Manchester City magistrates’ court.
An investigation had shown that the two multi occupancy properties in Derby Road had insufficient emergency lighting, fire alarms and a sufficient fire risk assessment had not been carried out.
Suhail Sawar was fined £17,500 and £3,365 costs, and his father, Tariq Sawar was fined £7,500 and ordered to pay £2,480 costs.
Peter O’Reilly from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue said: “It was made clear to these two men that they alone were the responsible individuals for ensuring the fire safety of people in the respective buildings they owned. They comprehensively failed to do this, despite enforcement notices being issued.”
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