Company fined after laundrette boss was gassed to death

A company was landed with a fine £255,000 today (thurs) after a laundrette manager was gassed to death during an ‘on the cheap’ conversion project. Mohammed Butt, 63, was found slumped on the floor at Taniya Dry Cleaners in Wandsworth, southwest London, on 5 October 2013. Keith Morris, 66, had been hired to convert the two floors above the business at (198) Wandsworth Road into flats when Mr Butt’s body was discovered. He sawed down a ventilation flue which became…