Adam Evans was sentenced at Wirral Magistrates' Court after failing to arrange annual gas safety checks for eight years at a rented property in Wirral occupied by a tenant and five children. He was fined £2,400 and ordered to pay £5,000 in costs. He pleaded guilty to breaching Regulation 36(3) of the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998.
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