Vue cinemas fined £750,000 over death of customer trapped by chair

Judge condemns chain's complete lack of risk assessment' over seating fault that led to death of Ateeq Rafiq in 2018

Cinema chain Vue has been fined 750,000 for safety breaches after a filmgoer died when he became trapped under a cinema chair leg-rest in 2018.

Ateeq Rafiq, 24, died in hospital after his neck became stuck under the powered chair, which was found to have blown a fuse in its control box, as he searched for his phone and keys after watching a movie.