An unregistered gas fitter from Morden has been fined for endangering a Tooting family after he illegally and unsafely fitted a new boiler at their home.

Mr Mussrat Ahamed was prosecuted by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) as a result of installing unsafe gas fittings in a family's rented property on Graveney Road, Tooting, in December 2011.

Westminster Magistrates' Court was told that Mr Ahamed removed the family's boiler and installed a new one, leaving 13 defects, including one identified as an 'immediate danger' to life or property if an appliance had been left connected or operated.

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The court heard that HSE was made aware that Mr Ahamed was operating without being 'Gas Safe' registered and did not have the expertise to carry out gas work.

Inspectors served a Prohibition Notice on Mr Ahmed preventing him from carrying out further work until he was recognised as competent and registered with the Gas Safe Register.

Mr Ahamed, of St Helier Avenue, Morden, was fined a total of £2,000 and ordered to pay £1,000 in costs after pleading guilty to two breaches of the Gas Safety (Installation & Use) Regulations 1998.

(CD/GK)