Thames Magistrates' Court fined Mustafa Ismail, £4,000 for nine breaches of the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005.
The Brigade investigated the premises on the 20 March 2007 and found a number of faults including no emergency lighting in the basement, no fire alarm and no smoke detection system. A notice was issued giving four months to fix the problems but when the inspectors returned on the 20 July 2007 they discovered that no works has been carried out.
The Judge noted that the offences were serious breaches of fire regulations and that the defendant had a history of non-compliance. She continued that had there been a fire at The Cutting Room and Beauty Basement on Middlesex Street, E1 there was a possibility of someone dying due to the lack of fire precautions.
The Defendant maintained that all the outstanding contraventions have now been remedied.
Assistant Commissioner for Fire Safety Regulation Max Hood said: “It is important that business owners and employers understand that they must take responsibility for fire safety very seriously within their properties. I would like to thank the inspecting officers for their hard work in bringing forward this conviction.”
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