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Vue cinema fined £750,000 after man dies getting trapped in chair
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manchestereveningnews.co.ukDon't miss out on the big stories from Manchester's courts with our weekly newsletter Vue Entertainment has been fined £750,000 for safety breaches after a customer was fatally trapped in a cinema chair.
Ateeq Rafiq, 24, died in hospital in March 2018 after his neck became wedged under the powered chair, which was found to have a blown fuse in its control box.
Birmingham Crown Court was told the father-of-one had kneeled down to search for his keys and phone, unaware that the foot-rest at Vue’s cinema at the Star City leisure complex was impossible to lift by hand. READ MORE: Young woman rushed to hospital after medical episode on bus An inquest held in 2019 was told other luxury seats had a leg-rest that could be lifted up, due to
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