A council has brought a prosecution against a private landlord who had not complied with a legal health and safety notice on a property.
Yousaf Younas, of Warrington, failed to comply with a Prohibition Order served on him with respect to a privately rented property in the town.
The Order prohibited the use of a ground floor bedroom adjacent to the kitchen due to serious fire safety concerns, and required works to be carried out before it could be occupied again.
After the Order was served, officers found the bedroom in use by a couple with a young baby.
Younas had failed to take any action to prevent the use of the bedroom or to carry out any works recommended by the council to reduce the fire risk posed.
Now Younas has pleaded guilty at a magistrate’s court and a council spokesperson says: “The successful prosecution serves as a warning to other landlords that we will not hesitate to prosecute landlords who fail to comply with legal notices and don’t take the health and safety of their tenants seriously.”
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Yousaf Younas
I expect poor chap said '' I no understand, no English'' .
No Andrew, "me doesn't spoken England". If that did not work out, there is always a race card to play!!!
Ok where’s the rest of the story ? what were the issues and what was the fine.
I can understand the fire safety issue with the bed room adjacent to the kitchen but if it were an open plan Studio the the bed room would be in the kitchen.
Its not the landlords fault they have a young child he didn’t father it, was the complaint related to them wanting to be housed by the Warrington Council.
'' No smoke without fire'' Michael, always 2 sides to a story
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