Gareth Scott Redford has been sentenced to serve 16 months in prison for carrying out unsafe gas work.

Cambridge Crown Court heard how Mr Redford, a plumber, carried out gas work at four properties in the Cambridgeshire and Lincolnshire areas. Concerns were raised in 2014 and the homeowners of each property separately made complaints to Gas Safe Register.

An investigation by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Cambridgeshire County Council Trading Standards (CCCTS) found Mr Redford carried out the gas work at the properties when he was unregistered. The work he conducted at several properties was deemed unsafe, putting homeowners and residents at risk of harm.

Gareth Scott Redford of Blaydon Place, Sutton, Cambridgeshire pleaded guilty to 14 breaches under the Gas Safety (Installation and Use) Regulations 1998 Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 and the Fraud Act 2006, and was sentenced to 16 months imprisonment.

HSE inspector Graeme Warden said: “Mr Redford put the homeowners and residents at risk of harm, when he conducted gas work while unregistered. Both CCCTS and HSE worked closely and collaboratively in the investigative stages of this case and throughout to get this result.”