A property developer who put "lives at risk" by falsifying building control documents and selling "unsafe" flats has been jailed.
John_Stephen Bone
Registered Building Inspector (RBI) Chartered Building Engineer (C.Build.E MCABE, BSc Hons)
George King - BBC News, Suffolk
Reporting from - Ipswich Crown Court
A property developer who put "lives at risk" by falsifying building work documents and selling "unsafe" flats has been jailed.
Wayne Murfet, director of Lors Homes, supplied 36 fake building control completion certificates, for flats on a complex called "The Grosvenor, in High Street, Newmarket", Ipswich Crown Court heard.
The flats were inspected by West Suffolk Building Control, external and found to be in breach of building regulations, while concerns relating to fire safety were also raised.
Stefanie Seaton, who bought a flat, told the court she "felt powerless, vulnerable and kept in the dark."
Crown Court Judge, Recorder Emma Nash, sentenced Wayne Murfet, 41, of Freckenham Road, Chippenham, Ely, to three and a half years in prison - and disqualified him from being a director of a company for seven years.