A self-employed roofer has received a suspended prison sentence after a man suffered serious injuries falling from a scaffold in Devon.
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Iain Smith fell more than 25ft from the scaffoldDaniel Hooper was given a 16-week custodial sentence, suspended for 12 months, following Iain Smith’s fall from a height of more than 25 ft while working for him.
On 13th June 2023, 36-year-old Iain Smith had been carrying old roof slates down a ladder attached to the scaffold platform at a house in Honiton when he fell. He cracked his skull and broke five vertebrae and several ribs. Devon Air Ambulance took Mr Smith to Derriford Hospital where he was put into an induced coma for five days. He has since recovered but still suffer from the effects of his injuries.
