An individual has appeared before a court following claims by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), a safety regulator, that he endangered “people’s lives at risk” by fitting gas appliances without the required registration. The HSE identified Mehmet Kalyoncu, 57, of Stadium Avenue, Blackpool, as having “installed various gas appliances and pipework” at a local property before questions regarding the quality of the work emerged. The Gas Safe Register subsequently discovered that Kalyoncu was not registered with their organisation and that the installations were in an “unsafe state,” prompting a referral to the HSE, as stated by the executive. At Preston Crown Court, he received a 12-month suspended prison sentence and was directed to pay a combined sum of £756 in costs and surcharges. Kalyoncu admitted guilt to two charges of violating regulations 3(3) and 6(2) of the Gas Safety (Installation & Use) Regulations 1998, in addition to one charge of non-compliance with a prohibition notice under section 33(1)(g) of the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974. The HSE’s inquiry revealed that Kalyoncu had previously been issued a prohibition notice, which prohibited him from conducting any gas work without Gas Safe Registration. Caroline Shorrock, an HSE principal inspector, commented: “Mehmet Kalyoncu showed a complete disregard to the safety of the public.” She further stated: “He carried out unsafe gas work that put people at risk.” Post navigation Delivery Rider Intercepted on M4 Motorway Daughter tells father in French mass rape trial: “You’ll die alone”