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Vue cinema fined £750k over horror death of dad crushed under movie theatre footrest

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Daily Star's biggest headlines straight to your inbox!The Vue cinema chain has been fined £750,000 for safety breaches that saw a young father die when his head became trapped under a movie theatre chair.Ateeq Rafiq, 24, suffered "catastrophic" brain injuries after he was crushed by a motorised footrest in front of his wife at Birmingham's Star City cinema.The dad-of-one, from Aston, became trapped after searching for his keys and the equivalent of three-quarters of a tonne came down on him in March 2018.Judge Heidi Kubik QC on Tuesday said there had been a "complete lack of a risk assessment" and it was "an accident that never should have happened".Vue Entertainment Ltd pleaded guilty in April 2021 to failing to carry out an adequate risk.

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