THE owners of a Dudley pub have been ordered to pay more than £10,000 by a court – after environmental health officers found evidence of mice in the premises. The Bramford Arms, in Woodsetton, was inspected in October 2019 when officers found pest records which said there had been a problem with mice in the dry stores at the pub since July 2019. But work identified as necessary to remedy the problem had not been carried out. The operators of the Park Road pub, Greene King Retail Ltd, pleaded guilty to a single offence under food hygiene regulations at Dudley Magistrates Court last month.
A Brierley Hill man must pay out nearly £11,000 for botched repairs on a Halesowen couple’s home which left the roof leaking. Gary Mark Chance, aged 58, of Sedgeford Close, admitted two charges under the Consumer Protection Act involving roof repairs for a couple living at Hurst Green Road in Halesowen. He admitted the work did not comply with building regulations and that the roof was left leaking. The work was ‘wholly defective and having no value.” He also admitted giving the couple false information by telling them their contract was with GMC Trading Ltd when it wasn’t. Two other consumer protection charges were withdrawn. Chance was ordered to pay £8,299.85p in compensation, fined a total of £240 and must pay £2,416.95p in court costs and victim fund charges. The total he must pay is £10,956.80p.
Two men have been placed on Curfew after admitting housing fraud charges. Darren Zarelli, aged 40, of Winchester Close, Rowley Regis, and Dean Zarelli, aged 42, of Hagley Road, Halesowen, were between them charged with three offences related to an address in Warrens Hall Road, Dudley. Both men admitted making false statements on Housing Application Forms about whether they were living with someone else or alone at the Dudley property. Dean Zarelli also pleaded guilty to dishonestly subletting the Dudley house. Darren Zarelli was put on an electronically tagged curfew for 12 weeks from 8pm to 6am and ordered to pay £903.04p in costs. Dean Zarelli was placed on a 16-week curfew from 8pm to 6am and ordered to pay £878.04 in costs.