A landlord is facing jail after ignoring a prohibition notice and continued to let rooms at a property where there were no smoke alarms or safety lighting and inadequate means of escape.
Andrew Kennedy, who owns a terraced house of multiple occupation in Hawkshead Road, Penwortham, near Preston, continued to advertise and accept lettings despite being issued with the notice by Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service.
The notice was issued in March 2015 and after that local authority housing officers discovered that new tenants had moved in.
A tenant raised concerns after being offered an unconverted attic room, which was accessed through a loft hatch and ladder and exposed wires were visible.
Mr Kennedy is scheduled to be sentenced on 21st July after pleading guilty to five breaches of the Regulatory Reform Order 2005 when he appeared at Preston Crown Court.
The Honorary Recorder of Preston, Judge Mark Brown, told him: “This is a serious case involving a number of failures to comply.
“The court has the power to impose an immediate prison sentence.”
