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cinema giant Vue Entertainment has been fined a total of £750,000 for safety breaches after a customer became fatally trapped in a chair. Ateeq Rafiq, 24, passed away in hospital in March 2018 after his neck was crushed under the powered chair, which was soon discovered to have a blown fuse in its control box.The Crown Court in Birmingham heard how the father-of-two crouched down in search for his keys and phone, unaware that the foot-rest at Vue's cinema was not able to be lifted by hand.
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Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletterA mum and her boyfriend texted each other about killing her three-year-old daughter days before the child was found dead.Kaylee-Jayde Priest, three, was found dead at the flat where she lived with her mother, Nicola Priest, on August 9 last year.Priest, 23, and and her lover Callum Redfern, 22, were found guilty of manslaughter at Birmingham crown court.In a text message exchange on July 24 2020, days before
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BBC.Vue pleaded guilty to the charges made against it in April 2021.On top of the fine, the chain was ordered to pay £130,000 in costs for what was summarised as “an accident that never should have happened”.After the sentence was announced, the chair of the Licensing and Public Protection Committee councillor Philip Davis said: “As a result of these failings by Vue, a young man who had gone to the cinema with his wife suffered fatal injuries.”He added: “People go to the cinema to enjoy films
freak accident at the Star City venue in March 2018, when the reclining seat came down on his neck. Vue Entertainment Ltd had previously admitted two charges at Birmingham Crown Court under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
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European cinema china Vue has been fined $1m (£750,000) for safety breaches after a cinemagoer was killed by a motorized reclining chair at one of its UK sites.
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Naman Ramachandran A court in Birmingham, U.K. has fined cinema giant Vue Entertainment Ltd £750,000 ($1 million) in the verdict on a 2018 incident where a man was crushed to death under a motorized footrest.In March 2018, 24-year-old Ateeq Rafiq died after his head got crushed under a seat while searching for his keys at Birmingham’s Star City cinema, a Vue property.
Cumbernauld around 8.55pm on Monday July 19. He was thought to be in the Croy or Falkirk area at the time after returning from a trip to Birmingham via train.
fatally stabbed in the neck just moments after being asked for a lighter by his killer. Jacob Billington was on a night out with friends in Birmingham, 24, when he was approached by Zephaniah McLeod on September 6, 2020.
killer was handed a life sentence, stating: "Part of me died at the same time." Shane Mayer, who was described to be 'always smiling' by his loved ones, had reportedly exchanged 'glances and words' with a passer-by while on a night out in July 2019.Just a mere 15 minutes later, the 21-year-old was fatally stabbed by Ramani Anderson, 20, as a violent brawl ensued.According to Birmingham Live, as Shane lay collapsed in a heap on the street outside a Walsall bar, the offenders escaped the scene.