Blackpool hotel Tiffany's where boy, 10, suffered fatal electric shock to face health & safety charges

A Blackpool hotel where a 10-year-old boy died after suffering an electric shock has been summoned to court to answer health and safety charges.

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00:00A Blackpool Hotel where a 10-year-old boy died after an electric shock has been summoned to court.

00:07Tiffany's Hotel, known locally as the Pink Hotel, and its operator Y7 Hotels along with

00:13Company Director Adam Johnston face health and safety charges brought by Blackpool Council.

00:19The charges relate to alleged breaches of the Health and Safety at Work Act between July 2020

00:26and November 2023, but they do not relate to the death of Jack Piper Sheik. Jack was found

00:32unresponsive in the hotel's reception area last September after suffering an electric shock.

00:38He died four days later in hospital. After the incident, the council advised Tiffany's to close

00:44while safety checks were carried out. It was later declared safe to reopen. The hotel remains open to guests.