Property manager fined after fire safety failures

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Image caption, Afzal admitted the breaches, which related to a flat above a takeaway in High Street

A property manager will need to pay more than 拢22,000 after a flat he was in charge of was found to have serious fire safety faults.

Waheed Afzal, of Appletree Lane, Slough, admitted six charges of breaching fire regulations at a flat above a takeaway in the town鈥檚 High Street.

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority said Afzal failed to install a linked fire detection system between the flat and the takeaway and that it had "inadequate" fire doors.

The authority said the case showed businesses "must take their commitments to fire safety seriously鈥.

Afzal, 35, was fined 拢16,000 and will pay 拢4,646.82 in costs and a 拢2,000 victim surcharge 鈥 a total of 拢22,646.82.

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