Worker Sues After Losing Leg In Illegal London Renovation

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A builder who lost his leg when a building collapsed in central London has launched a legal battle for ￡300,000 compensation.rnRomanian-born Grigore Vraja, 22, was trapped for 10 hours in the wreckage of a business centre, then occupied by a prominent Labour politician, after the top two floors of the five-storey building collapsed on him in June 2007.rnFifty fire fighters and a crane were involved in the attempt to free Vraja. His leg was later amputated at the hip. Another person was also injured in the incident and taken to hospital.rnThe collapse, which took place on Dean Farrar Street in London, made national headlines, as the building was at the time home to the office of communities secretary Hazel Blears, who was then running for the role of deputy Labour leader. Neither the minister nor her staff were hurt.rnVraja had been working on illegal renovation works at the time of the incident for a wage of ￡50 a day. He is now suing property owners Bashir Nathoo and Shirazali Boghuni for more than ￡300,000.