Hotel manager fined £5000 for fire door problems

A hotel manager has been ordered to pay £5,000 in fines and costs for failing to comply with an enforcement notice.

James Knappette, the former manager of Kedleston Country Hotel, near Derby, pleaded guilty at Derbyshire Magistrates Court last month. He was fined £3,000 with £2,000 costs.

Inadequate emergency lighting and fire doors were among the problems that led to Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service issuing an enforcement notice on 28 August 2009.

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