BBC WATCHDOG FRAUDSTER JAILED

摘要

A self-employed gas fitter has been jailed for 16 months after working on gas appliances while not on the Gas Safe Register.Manchester Crown Court heard that,in November 2014,Mr Richard Goldthorpe was served a Prohibition Notice by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) banning him from carrying out gas work unless he gained the necessary competence and became Gas Safe-registered.An investigation by the HSE subsequently found that between 3 March 2018 and 22 March 2019,Mr Goldthorpe undertook work on gas appliances at seven addresses across England.On one occasion,he used a false name.His unsafe work featured on the BBC Watchdog programme.