An employer, whose building worker died during a basement excavation at an exclusive Knightsbridge property, faces a date at the Old Bailey after admitting safety breaches.
Nadeem Aftab, 46, of Nuffield Road, Edmonton, Oxford, admitted a summons at City of London Magistrates’ Court brought by the Health and Safety Executive.
Brazilian-born father-of-nine Arlindo Visentin, 58, died on June 13, 2007 after part of a basement wall collapsed on top of him at 27 Wilton Row.
Aftab admitted failing to ensure the health, safety and work of all his employees by failing to provide and maintain a safe system of work during underpinning of the property.
Following a three-day inquest at Westminster Coroner’s Court between March 18 and 20 a verdict of accidental death was recorded.
Magistrates committed Aftab on bail to the Central Criminal Court for sentencing on a date to be fixed.
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