A CAR wash owner has been jailed for four years after one of his employees was electrocuted while showering in "rat-infested" living quarters provided by the business.
Shaip Nimani, 52, was convicted at the Old Bailey last week of the manslaughter of Sandu Laurentiu.
Mr Laurentiu died in August 2015 after suffering an electric shock while showering at the living accommodation set up by Nimani at Bubbles Car Wash in Bethnal Green, East London.
Police said he was living in "cramped, rat-infested conditions in railway arches" with five other men, all from Romania, while they worked at the car wash next door.
The co-workers told investigators they frequently got electric shocks while showering "but thought this was the norm".
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2Health and Safety Executive experts found the electrical installation to the shower was bodged with no earth connection.
Police said investigators also found the living area was badly wired, with overloaded plugs, while the meter had been bypassed to dodge costs for electricity consumed on the site.
Nimani, of Cricklewood, North-West London, was today jailed for four years and ordered to pay £20,000 to the victim's family.
He was also banned from becoming a company director for ten years.
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