Faruk Patel, aged 39 from Leicester, appeared in Leicester Crown Court charged with alleged gross negligence and manslaughter following the death of a worker on a building site. The victim Tasadaq Ur-Rehman, age 40 who also lived in Leicester had suffered fatal injuries after falling from the roof of a house under construction. Following the death of Ur-Rehman, Patel also faces two counts of alleged contravening a health and safety at work prohibition.
The prohibition had specifically disallowed him from continuing to let people work at the height the deceased was working at. Patel did not offer any pleas during the brief preliminary hearing and was released on conditional bail, so the case was adjourned for a later time.
