A landlord put the lives of a young family at risk by carrying out gas work at their home – resulting in a leak which could have caused a deadly explosion.Paul Perry, aged 65, carried out repairs to a pipe leading to the cooker even though he had no training and did not have a safety certificate, a court heard.Perry had not brought in an engineer to carry out a safety check for seven years despite an annual obligation.A qualified engineer eventually detected a gas leak last September and...
