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| Owner of tanning salon sentenced | Owner of tanning salon sentenced |
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| The owner of a tanning salon where a schoolgirl was badly burned on a sunbed has been told to pay £6,000 costs. | The owner of a tanning salon where a schoolgirl was badly burned on a sunbed has been told to pay £6,000 costs. |
| James Hadley, from Resolven near Neath, had previously admitted five health and safety breaches at the Lextan Salon in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. | James Hadley, from Resolven near Neath, had previously admitted five health and safety breaches at the Lextan Salon in Barry, Vale of Glamorgan. |
| The charges did not relate to the injured girl but the incident had prompted an inspection of the premises. | The charges did not relate to the injured girl but the incident had prompted an inspection of the premises. |
| Hadley was also given a community order for 90 hours of unpaid work by Barry magistrates. | Hadley was also given a community order for 90 hours of unpaid work by Barry magistrates. |
| District Judge John Charles said he accepted that nobody had been harmed as a direct result of the offences but there had been a degree of recklessness in operating an unmanned salon. | District Judge John Charles said he accepted that nobody had been harmed as a direct result of the offences but there had been a degree of recklessness in operating an unmanned salon. |
| He said he hoped other local authorities where such salons were operating would take the same action as the Vale of Glamorgan. | He said he hoped other local authorities where such salons were operating would take the same action as the Vale of Glamorgan. |
| We hope that this sends out a message to proprietors of other unmanned, coin-operated tanning salons not just in Wales, but in the UK Marc Adams-Jones, Vale of Glamorgan council | |
| The court heard that health and safety inspectors from Vale of Glamorgan council raised concerns with Hadley about the salon in October 2008 and January 2009. | |
| Days before a teenage girl was was burned, a "disgruntled parent" had contacted Hadley about young people who were visiting his salon straight after getting off the school bus. | Days before a teenage girl was was burned, a "disgruntled parent" had contacted Hadley about young people who were visiting his salon straight after getting off the school bus. |
| Doctors had kept the teenager in hospital overnight after she suffered first degree burns, the lowest level of skin burn, after staying on a tanning machine for 19 minutes. | Doctors had kept the teenager in hospital overnight after she suffered first degree burns, the lowest level of skin burn, after staying on a tanning machine for 19 minutes. |
| Vale of Glamorgan environmental health officer Marc Adams-Jones said after the hearing: "The Vale of Glamorgan council is delighted with the outcome of this case. The Vale has always believed that unmanned tanning salons pose an inherent risk. | |
| "We hope that this sends out a message to proprietors of other unmanned, coin-operated tanning salons not just in Wales, but in the UK." | |
| Mr Adams-Jones admitted there was "no specific law" which stated that unmanned tanning salons could not operate. | |
| 'Potential for harm' | |
| But he added: "However, you have the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 which specifically says you owe a duty of care to staff and to others. | |
| "There are several unmanned tanning salons operating in Wales and probably 300 operating in the rest of the country. | |
| "The concerns for the potential for harm are already publicised ones where people have burned. There are three within south Wales itself. | |
| "If somebody is able to go into an unmanned premises with no controls, there's an imminent risk for health." | |
| After the hearing, Mr Hadley said "no comment" to journalists waiting outside the court. | After the hearing, Mr Hadley said "no comment" to journalists waiting outside the court. |