freak accident at the Star City venue in March 2018. Vue Entertainment Ltd admitted two charges at Birmingham Crown Court under the Health and Safety at Work Act.
The company pleaded guilty to failing to ensure that persons were not exposed to risk to their health and safety and failing to make a suitable and safe risk assessment between January 1 2007 and March 9 2018 in relation to the use of powered cinema seating.
Sentencing was adjourned until July 20. The dad-of-one had gone with his wife to the cinema at 4. 30pm on March 9 and bought tickets from a machine for seats in Gold Class, screen 17.
The couple, from Aston, picked C5 and C6 with Mr Rafiq sitting in C5. At the end of the film he realised he could not find either his keys or.