A plumber has been jailed after carrying out unsafe gas work at four homes in the Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire areas.

Gareth Scott Redford of Blaydon Place, Sutton, Cambridgeshire pleaded guilty to 14 breaches under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and the Fraud Act 2006. He was sentenced to 16 months in prison.


Cambridge Crown Court heard how Mr Redford carried out gas work at the four properties. However, in 2014 concerns were raised and each homeowner made complaints to Gas Safe Register.

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) carried out an investigation alongside Cambridgeshire County Council Trading Standards (CCCTS) and found Mr Redford had carried out the work while he was unregistered. In addition, the work was deemed unsafe, putting homeowners and residents at risk of harm.

HSE inspector Graeme Warden said: "Mr Redford put the homeowners and residents at risk of harm, when he conducted gas work while unregistered.

"Both CCCTS and HSE worked closely and collaboratively in the investigative stages of this case and throughout to get this result."

(LM)