Wokingham property manager fined for trio of fire safety breaches

Hyseni was issued with the fine after pleading guilty to three charges under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 at Reading Magistrates’ Court.

The guilty plea, entered on 26 March, resulted from an extensive investigation conducted by the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service back in 2023.

Trio of deficiencies

The Fire and Rescue Service’s investigation found that there were three serious fire safety deficiencies at a property owned by Hyseni on Reading Road in Wokingham. Those breaches included a lack of fire detection and firefighting equipment at the property, the absence of a fire risk assessment and inadequate means of escape in an emergency scenario.

Hyseni was ordered to pay £6,666 for each of the three offences for which he was convicted. Combined with the victim surcharge and the Fire Authority’s prosecution fees, the total fine that Hyseni has been issued amounts to £26,441.35.

Commitment to fire safety

Rachel Bloomfield, prevention and protection change and improvement manager at the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, explained: “This successful prosecution demonstrates to businesses that we will act where necessary to protect members of the public should they not take their commitments to fire safety seriously.”

Bloomfield added: “We will always try to work with businesses to help keep them, their customers and our community safe. However, cases like that of Mr Hyseni show that we will take decisive action to ensure that the law is upheld if people’s safety is at stake.”