A landlord in Swansea has paid £8,500 in fines and £2,287 in costs for breaches of fire safety and environmental health regulations.

Peter Teifion Jones, who was also hit with a £15 victim surcharge, pleaded guilty to 12 offences in total. The charges related to his eight-bedroom house in Brynmill, Wales, which he rented out to students.

Environmental health officers from Swansea Council Environmental first visited the property in July 2009. Finding it to be in breach of environmental health rules as well as the Fire Safety Order (2005), officers gave the landlord until November 2009 to carry out improvements.

However Mr Jones failed to make the necessary adjustments and the case was brought to prosecution.

John Hague, Swansea's cabinet member for Environment said, "This is an excellent result. The level of fine shows the seriousness of these offences.

"Landlords who rent out property have a duty to manage them well to protect the health and safety of the tenants.”

The largest costs incurred were for breaches of fire safety regulation. Offences included failure to maintain means of escape in good order and repair, for which Mr Jones was fined £2,000. He was ordered to pay an identical sum for failure to maintain fire fighting equipment and alarms in good working order.