Bingo firm fined after car park barrier crashes through pensioner's windscreen in Erdington - Birmingham Mail

The company that runs Erdington’s Gala Bingo has been fined £25,000 following the accident, which left 80-year-old Kenneth Compton with a fractured eye socket, cuts and bruises.

Mr Compton was leaving the Kingsbury Road venue when the barrier suddenly dropped, crashing through the screen in June, 2011, sparking a Birmingham City Council investigation.

A council spokeswoman said: “The security barrier had not been secured properly with a padlock and skimmed off the bonnet of the car and through the windscreen, striking Mr Compton on the head.


 Bingo firm fined after car park barrier crashes through pensioner's windscreen in Erdington - Birmingham Mail 

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