Willmott fined £1.25m for gas leak

By Jordan Marshall2018-09-24T14:53:00

Source: Willmott Dixon

Fine linked to flats in Wolverton

Willmott Partnership Homes, the resi arm of Willmott Dixon, has been fined £1.25m after exposing members of the public to carbon monoxide fumes.

Aylesbury Crown Court heard how, on 11 December 2014, at Hamilton House in Wolverton, a number of gas installations were found to be either immediately dangerous or at risk following the report of a smell of gas by a householder.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found that Willmott Partnership Homes built the flats several years before the incident and in 2014 some remedial was work needed to be carried out on an external wall.

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